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Lacking Post Baccalaureate INCENTIVE: For state governments, there appears to be little motivation to invest in graduate-school education

Despite the erosion of affirmative action programs increase in the number and representation level of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans have made steady gains in earning graduate and professional degrees.

Over the past five years alone, these populations have made significant strides in the attainment of master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. At the master's level, African Americans alone have enjoyed an annual average increase of 9 percent, with Hispanics a close second at 8.6 percent. Growth in …