April 2010 Communiqué

SPECIAL SECTION TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I HISTORY AND OVERVIEW Thoughts of Our Elders on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III A Timeline of Critical Events in Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI A Statistical Overview: Race/Ethnicity of Doctorate Recipients in Psychology in the Past Ten Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVIII Excerpts: Executive Summary of an 8–Year Progress Report on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention & Training In Psychology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXII LEVERS FOR CHANGE The Federal Agencies' Perspectives on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXVI Accreditation Bodies and Diversity Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXII The Associations' Perspectives On Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training: Elementary School Through Graduate Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXXVII SPECIFIC STRATEGIES The Mentoring Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XL Mentoring Programs: What Works and What Doesn't Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XLIV A Program for Mentoring American Indian Graduate Students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XLVIII Attracting and Retaining Ethnic Minority Students: Experiences, Perspectives, and Challenges from a Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. . . . . . . . . . LI Evaluating Scientific Enrichment Programs When Control Groups Are Not Feasible.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIV Recruitment and Retention of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students in Psychology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LVII Inoculation in Paradise or Keeping Us Recruited, Retained, Trained, or Sane (Enough): A Sprinkling of Qualitative Data Gathered Since 1985 or What I Have Down So Far.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LXI