1.  There is little to no academic difference between the people who complete their degrees and those who drop out as measured by their GRE scores and undergraduate grades.  Some students drop out because they know or heard about new Ph.D.'s who couldn't find jobs  Some fellowship recipients are so unconnected with academic culture that they violate university regulations and secretly take an outside job while receiving their fellowship checks.  Students are effectively discouraged from voicing complaints while they are still actively enrolled  Accumulated silence of previous "dropouts" reinforces the view faculty prefer to hold: the problem is with the student, not the program.

2.  Survey of Graduate Enrollment ▪ 2% increase in 2007 ▪ Minority growth has been concerted for African Americans (from 8 to 13 percent of the total grad student population) and Hispanic students (from 5 to 8 percent of the total).  The basic problems: ▪ Number of minority students who attend college is low ▪ Dropout occurs in graduate school

3. The Bruin, November 17,2008

4.  10% of U.S. residents currently hold master’s or doctoral degrees. ▪ Fewer than 5% of African Americans and 3% of Latinos are master’s or doctoral recipients (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008). ▪ Minorities are less likely to aspire to attend graduate school, are less likely to complete high school, and are less likely to attend four- year colleges immediately after finishing high school.

5. November 30, 2007 Insidehighered.com U.S. Graduate Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Group, Fall 2006

6.  Reasons for not completing Graduate School  Underutilized Resources  Lack of support – Mentor

7.  New Start Summer Program http://www.ui.arizona.edu/newstart/ http://www.ui.arizona.edu/newstart/  Hispanic News http://www.hispanic7.com/53%25_of_hispanic_students_fail_to_graduate_from_college.htm http://www.hispanic7.com/53%25_of_hispanic_students_fail_to_graduate_from_college.htm  The University Record, November 19, 1996 Minority enrollment figures reach highest numbers ever http://www.ur.umich.edu/9697/Nov19_96/artcl11.htm http://www.ur.umich.edu/9697/Nov19_96/artcl11.htm  In graduate school, Boost for minorities http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/30/gradschools http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/30/gradschools  The Hidden Crisis in Graduate Education: Attrition From Ph.D. Programs http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2000/ND/Feat/lovi.htm  Provost's group to review minority grad student issues http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/93/931206Arc3025.html  Minorities discuss lack of diversity in grad school http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2007/01/24/News/Minorities.Discuss.La ck.Of.Diversity.In.Grad.School-2671416.shtml