One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this report presents statistical information on the progress of minority student access and persistence in the three Arizona Universities, Arizona's community colleges, and the Arizona Department of Education. Statistics for the colleges include headcount enrollment by ethnicity, bachelor's degrees awarded by ethnicity, student financial assistance, ethnic student financial assistance, faculty by ethnicity, new undergraduate students (withdrawals, persistence, and graduation), full-time student enrollment, student credit hours enrolled, enrollment by ethnic background by county, academic degrees by county, and headcount enrollment by age distribution. Arizona Department of Education statistics include language census and program report (primary home language), percentile rank in reading comprehension, reading comprehension subtest results by primary home language, Limited English Proficient (LEP) programs, summary of participation by school districts, and standardized test scores. (SM)