Information about the National Name Exchange
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History
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The National Name Exchange was established to help match graduate schools with students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups interested in graduate education. The National Name Exchange seeks to:
- Increase the number of qualified students from underrepresented groups accepted into graduate school;
- Improve student access to information on graduate school opportunities.
- Work towards personalizing the recruitment effort by designating a National Name Exchange institutional representative to facilitate information exchange between the institution and prospective students.
- Assist graduate schools in identifying qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for consideration for graduate study.
How Students Benefit
Pursuing a graduate degree is often not a consideration for many underrepresented students—particularly those who may be first generation college students. By providing students easy access to information on the many graduate opportunities available to them, the NNE hopes that students will see graduate study as a viable goal.
2022 Participating Institutions
Schools with an asterisk next to their name are offering application waivers to NNE students.
Arizona State University
Baylor University
Case Western Reserve University*
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Duke University
Emory University
Florida State University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grand Valley State University
Hood College*
Howard University
Iowa State University
James Madison University
Kennesaw State University
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miami University
Michigan Technological University
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mississippi State University
Montana State University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northern Michigan University
Oklahoma State University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Rice University
San Diego State University
The Ohio State University
The University of Alabama
The University of Chicago*
The Johns Hopkins University
The University of Kansas
The University of Rochester
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville*
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Arkansas
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Illinois at Chicago*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Kentucky
University of Massachusetts Amherst*
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Michigan – Flint
University of Minnesota
University of Montana
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of New Hampshire*
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California*
University of Utah
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia Polytechnic and State University*
Washington State University
Western Kentucky University
Yale University
Contact
For more information about the National Name Exchange, please contact Matt Linton.
Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
McNair is one of the TRIO programs funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. It is designed to encourage and prepare low-income, first-generation in college, and minority students to pursue doctoral degrees and careers in college teaching.