Barrier Breakers is a campus organization dedicated to creating tolerance and acceptance. Additionally, Lincoln requires students to take a cultural diversity class. Plus, students seeking a bachelor of arts degree must take four semesters of foreign languages. Each resident is required to participate in social activities that could include household chores like cleaning or helping another student with homework. Lena Sheets, a junior on campus, likes the concept but wants to see more.
Sheets also wants the university to offer more classes centered around African-American history.
Lincoln's students tend to be older than those in other undergraduate programs. Most of the students are not between the ages of 18 and 24, according to Phillip Santoli. Santoli said the campus serves a greater number of commuter students, working people and parents. In spite of the diversity and the difference in opinions on campus, the consensus among students is that Lincoln is helping to prepare them for life after college because they are learning to work, study and live with people from other cultures, whether they like it or not.