Students may also obtain brochures, catalogs, and application forms. Additionally, workshops and discipline discussions covering such issues as obtaining financial aid and preparing for the GRE tests are geared to the needs and interests of prospective graduate students. These sessions are led by graduate deans, admissions officers and faculty members. Project 1000 Project 1000 is a national program created to assist underrepresented students who are applying to graduate school. Using only one application, students may apply to as many as seven of the eighty participating Project 1000 institutions.
Participation is free of charge to individual students and to member institutions.
Project 1000 is housed at Arizona State University and serves as a central processing agency through which students may apply to graduate schools. Project 1000 follows up on students' application status, provides information about financial aid sources and conducts free GRE preparation workshops. The Western Name Exchange is a consortium of 25 universities, located in the Western and Southwestern United States, which annually collects and exchanges names of talented underrepresented students who have earned junior and senior status and have grade point averages of at least 2.8. The consortium of universities conducts activities consistent with national efforts to increase the enrollment of traditionally underrepresented students in graduate education. The California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education is an annual day-long program designed to acquaint students from underrepresented groups with the career opportunities and academic challenges associated with advanced study in a wide range of disciplines.