According to the author, the lack of diversity in graduate programs is a national crisis. A May 2005 report by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation indicated that, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up 32 percent of all U.S. citizens in the normal age range of Ph.D. candidates, only seven percent of all doctoral recipients are Black or Latino. One thing is evident: Traditional methods of recruiting minorities into graduate programs just are not working well enough. Universities often try to remedy this situation by tinkering with recruitment strategies. This, however, neglects a major cause of the problem: Undergraduates are not being given sufficient opportunities to explore graduate study in ways that resonate with their personal and intellectual interests and commitments. This may be particularly important for minority students, whose career choices often are driven by a desire to give back to their communities. While some argue that internships and career counseling meet this need, the author recommends "thinking outside the box" and expanding Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) initiatives. IEs are largely self-directed internships that offer students an opportunity to reflect on their experiences and to discover how everything fits together with their personal commitments and intellectual ambitions. The philosophy of such programs shows promise as one approach to increasing the number of people of color who attend graduate school.