Purpose
The Western Name Exchange was established to help match western graduate schools with minority students interested in graduate education. The Western Name Exchange seeks to:
Increase the number of qualified minority students accepted into graduate school.
Improve student access to information on graduate school opportunities.
Work towards personalizing the recruitment effort by designating a Western Name Exchange institutional representative to facilitate information exchange between the institution and prospective students.
Assist graduate schools in identifying qualified minority candidates for consideration for graduate study.
History
The program was started in 1978. It was initially coordinated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The University of Washington has been providing institutional coordination and data distribution since 1986.
How does the program work?
The sequence of events is as follows:
Students contact the graduate school or division at a participating institution for information. They complete and return the consent form to the institution.
Sending institutions forward the compiled names of interested students to the University of Washington for dissemination.
The University of Washington collects and compiles names for distribution to participating institutions.
Receiving institutions disseminate names to specific graduate departments.
Graduate departments send specific information to prospective students.
Students apply to graduate programs of their choice.
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Last Modified:
April 18, 2003
Maintained by University of Washington, Graduate School,
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