But even a rapid increase won’t close the enrollment gap between Hispanics and other graduate students, says Rios. She contends that medical, law and business associations must take it upon themselves to target Hispanic students if they hope to narrow the gap.
“This is not something that we can rely on the government to do or expect the schools to do all by themselves,” she says. “The professions themselves have to get involved with their own kind of strategic vision. And until that happens, I think the gap is going to remain. It may get somewhat smaller — but it is not going to disappear any time soon.”
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