minorities are also denied access to a quality education. this is usually because many poor areas also predominantly consist of minorities. this means that there is often a lack of funding in schools. the levels of poverty and lack of educational opportunities perpetuate themselves, creating a vicious cycle. racial stereotypes emerge and these populations are further disenfranchised by individuals who do not help or do not care. in the new civil rights project report from ucla, dated january 2009, it stated that schools are more segregated today than they were in the 1950s. millions of non-white students are locked into "dropout factory" high schools, where huge percentages do not graduate, and few are well prepared for college or a future in the u.s. economy.