Ca anyone help me understand this English requirement?
In this section, you may also include any relevant information on

how you have overcome barriers to access higher education,

evidence of how you have come to understand the barriers faced by others,

(What does "understand the barriers faced by others" mean? How could your education have anything to do with others' barriers?)

evidence of your academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women, racial minorities, and individuals from other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education,

(What does "academic service to advance equitable access to" mean? Does it mean how your school performance help women, racial minorities attain education?)

Question

Ca anyone help me understand this English requirement?
In this section, you may also include any relevant information on

how you have overcome barriers to access higher education,

evidence of how you have come to understand the barriers faced by others,

(What does "understand the barriers faced by others" mean?  How could your education have anything to do with others' barriers?)

evidence of your academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women, racial minorities, and individuals from other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education,

(What does "academic service to advance equitable access to" mean?  Does it mean how your school performance help women, racial minorities attain education?)

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"Academic service.......... access to"  This is asking for evidence of any work you have undertaken to help minorities to obtain higher education opportunities.  I am not surprised you need assistance in understanding this section, it is far more complex than it needs to be for good written English.  There is a trend for some native speakers to do this to impress others rather than convey a message or idea simply and accurately... and that is the essence of any language.

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Search the internet for material on "access barriers to education" and learn all about the subject.  That is why the university has put this on the application form:  they want every applicant to become aware of the issues and the solutions, and how it is everyone's responsibility to make society a better place by supporting and promoting equitable access to education and to be generally more aware of a good citizen's responsibilities and the requisite qualities of empathy, caring and understanding.  Everyone can do something to help.  We are.helping by not spoonfeeding you with the answers and encouraging you to find out for yourself, and acquire the knowledge and values in the process.  That is education.  That is why you go to university.

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Understand the barriers faced by other means...............................to know, to understand the difficulties or problems faced by other people

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Wonderful!  It is so wonderful that you are being asked to think about others, not just yourself, and wider questions of equitable access for all.

It is wonderful that your attention is drawn to minorities and equal rights for them.

This is what education is all about: to make you a better person, a more caring, less sef-centred person.

We shall leave you to do the research yourself.  You should do this work.  It  is good for you.  We should not do it for you.

Wonderful!

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