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General Facts

General Facts. 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

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General Facts

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  1. General Facts • 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. Enrollment • 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. Minority Numbers up From Last Year The Bruin, November 17,2008

  4. Aspirations to Graduate School (May 2008) • 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. Graduate Schools U.S. Graduate Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Group, Fall 2006 November 30, 2007 Insidehighered.com

  6. Unfinished Business • Reasons for not completing Graduate School • Underutilized Resources • Lack of support – Mentor

  7. Resources • New Start Summer Programhttp://www.ui.arizona.edu/newstart/ • Hispanic Newshttp://www.hispanic7.com/53%25_of_hispanic_students_fail_to_graduate_from_college.htm • The University Record, November 19, 1996Minority enrollment figures reach highest numbers everhttp://www.ur.umich.edu/9697/Nov19_96/artcl11.htm • In graduate school, Boost for minoritieshttp://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.Lack.Of.Diversity.In.Grad.School-2671416.shtml

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