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    The president of the University of Washington wrote a letter to the chairman of the WA State Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections to discuss how I-200 has negatively impacted the university's ability to attract talented faculty, staff, and students. She stated that I-200 puts the university at a competitive disadvantage and hampers its ability to attract underrepresented minority students who are highly recruited by other universities. She argued that losing out on top talent and promising students from diverse backgrounds costs the university and state in the long run.

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    The president of the University of Washington wrote a letter to the chairman of the WA State Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections to discuss how I-200 has negatively impacted the university's ability to attract talented faculty, staff, and students. She stated that I-200 puts the university at a competitive disadvantage and hampers its ability to attract underrepresented minority students who are highly recruited by other universities. She argued that losing out on top talent and promising students from diverse backgrounds costs the university and state in the long run.

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    The president of the University of Washington wrote a letter to the chairman of the WA State Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections to discuss how I-200 has negatively impacted the university's ability to attract talented faculty, staff, and students. She stated that I-200 puts the university at a competitive disadvantage and hampers its ability to attract underrepresented minority students who are highly recruited by other universities. She argued that losing out on top talent and promising students from diverse backgrounds costs the university and state in the long run.

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    January 24, 2018

    Senator Sam Hunt


    Chairman, WA State Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections
    Olympia, WA

    Dear Chairman Hunt and Distinguished Committee Members:

    Thank you for the invitation to attend the hearing on SB 6406 to offer my thoughts on how I-200 has affected the
    University of Washington’s ability to attract and retain the most promising faculty, staff and students. I regret that
    my schedule does not permit me to testify in person, so I offer this letter.

    As I have said publicly in the past, I-200 puts the University of Washington at a competitive disadvantage when
    seeking to hire the best faculty and staff to lead our University. It also hampers our ability to attract and enroll the
    strongest students from underrepresented backgrounds, who are so highly sought after by other universities
    because having a diverse student body creates a richer learning environment for all students.

    As one of our nation’s top research universities, we compete with institutions like Stanford, Texas, Wisconsin and
    UNC-Chapel Hill when trying to attract the most talented faculty to teach and lead cutting-edge research with our
    students. To those top faculty and staff that we wish to recruit, I-200 sends the message that the UW, and
    Washington as a whole, does not welcome or value diversity, and when we lose out on attracting these desirable
    teachers, researchers, innovators and administrators, it is our students and our state that pay the price.

    I-200 also makes it harder to compete for the highest achieving underrepresented minority students in Washington
    state, especially when they are middle or upper middle class. These talented and promising students are especially
    targeted and heavily recruited by private universities as well as public universities in other states, and when they
    leave our state to attend college, they are less likely to return. This costs our workforce and our innovation-driven
    economy at a time when we’re recognizing the need for more diversity in the tech and health industries.

    Every demographic analysis indicates that the future of our state and nation will be increasingly diverse and it is
    incumbent on us to nurture students, regardless of their background, who can collaborate and succeed within an
    ethnically and racially diverse environment.

    I appreciate the interest of the committee and the bill’s sponsors and thank you for the opportunity to be heard on
    this important matter.

    Sincerely,

    Ana Mari Cauce


    President, University of Washington

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