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. The program was started over ten years ago. The University of Washington has been providing institutional coordination and data distribution for the last ten years.
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.