The History of

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The History of Washingtons Institute Of
Technology Advisory Board Presentation January
16, 2009
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It all began some time ago..
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Higher Education Coordinating Board Recommended
Branch Campuses Focuses
Source HECB, Design for the 21st Century (1988),
p. 16
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University of Washington Study based upon
prospective industry and student surveys
Source UW Report on Degree program Projections
for the proposed Branch Campuses (1988)
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Governor Appointed Task Force Released Report in
1999

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Some Dramatic Findings Were Reported

The Washington high-tech economy is dependant
upon transplants. Washingtons citizens and
their kids are not able to participate, nor to
share the prosperity. This is not a
sustainable model !
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• Task Force Recommendations
• Colleges Universities Must Expand Capacity in
  
• Areas Critical to the State Needs.
• Governor the Legislature Must Provide
  Leadership,
• Encouragement, and Funding for that
  additional Capacity.
• Industry Must Better Organize Its Support for
• Higher Education.
• K-12 System Needs Help to Develop
  Well-Prepared,
• and Interested Students.

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The Task Force Preferred Solution
Washington Polytechnic Institute This did not
gather momentum - It would be a
monumental task to gather support and money
- It would take too long for a new university
to begin to bear fruit

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The more practical alternative was to create an
Institute of
Technology Placed on the campus of an existing
university, which COULD and WOULD commit to
promoting and building extensive, UW class BS
and MS computing and engineering programs,
i.e. grow to provide the States mission of
the Washington Polytechnic
Institute

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The WSA, in addition to the AEA, took on the
project, Enlisted the help of UWs CSE
Department and Ed Lazowska David Notkin,
Encouraged Governor Locke to accept the
challenge of championing the Institute of
Technology. The Executive Council for a Greater
Tacoma, in particular Herb Simon Bill
Philip led the Tacoma community effort to place
the Institute of Technology at the University of
Washington, Tacoma.
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• The Vision
• The Institute of Technology is a unique
  public-private partnership in higher education
  that serves as a catalyst for generating energy
  and interest in computing science engineering
  disciplines by
• Addressing the need to ensure the availability
  of well-educated and creative bachelors and
  masters-level computing science and engineering
  professionals in numbers sufficient to support
  and fuel the growth of Washington's high-tech
  industries.
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• Providing every Washington citizen access and
  opportunity to prepare for, and advance in,
  outstanding and rewarding technology careers.
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The Institute of Technology
To spread the prosperity of the high-tech
economy to more residents of Washington state.
Governor Gary Locke
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• The Legislation for creation of the Institute
• The university will expand undergraduate and
  graduate degree programs meeting regional needs
  including, but not limited to, computing and
  software systems.
• The university will work with the SBCTC to
  establish articulation agreements in addition to
  the existing associate of arts and associate of
  science transfer degrees. Such agreements shall
  improve the transferability of students in
  general and in particular, students with
  substantial applied information technology
  credits.
• .
• The university will establish performance
  measures for recruiting, retaining and graduating
  students, including nontraditional students and
  report back to the Governors office by Sept 02
  as to its progress and future steps.

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Initial Non-State Funding for the Institute
100,000
Columbia Bank
1,000,000
Anonymous
100,000
U.S. Dept. of Education
500,000
City of Tacoma (in-kind)
500,000
Pierce County
100,000
Cheney Foundation
500,000
Port of Tacoma
50,000
The News Tribune
Key Bank / Dimmer Family Fund
500,000
50,000
Simpson Company
300,000
The Boeing Company
50,000
John and Mary Folsom
270,000
Intel
25,000
William Kilworth Foundation
250,000
Frank Russell Company
10,000
Laird Norton
250,000
Jim and Gary Milgard
10,000
Sagem Morpho
250,000
U.S. Dept. of Housing
10,000
Anonymous
5,025,000
TOTAL
200,000
Anonymous
Raised with the leadership of Herb Simon,
Bill Philip, and Congressmen Norm Dicks Adam
Smith
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• Legislation Budget
• For the University of Washington, Tacoma
• 4,000,000 for funds to create the Institute (per
  biennium)
• 550,000 for Capital Construction at UWT
• 1,330,000 for Tuition Support (99 FTE)
• For Supporting Community Technical Colleges
• 1,500,000 for Computer Labs at Highline,
  Olympic, South Puget Sound
• 966,000 to 15 CTCs for Tuition support (140
  FTE) to prepare students for the Institute

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• The State also provided in the 2001-2003
  Biennium
• Tacoma Community College
• 14,248,000 Information Technology Center
  Building
• 18,400,000 Science Engineering Building
• Green River Community College
• 10,302,200 Computer Laboratory Building

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Where were the Non-State Capital funds spent?
Pinkerton Tech Headquarters 1.6 million
Cherry Parkes (2nd Floor) 2.9 million
Professional Development Center Seed 0.5
million Total 5.0 million How did the
Institute Support UW/UWT? Income from
specified Legislative funds 2,000,000 UW
Indirect Overhead 180,000 UWT Indirect
Overhead 250,000 UWT Direct
Overhead 250,000 ? (My estimate) (Math
Prof, Librarian, Security Officer, Computer
Services Tech, Development/Chancellors
office staff)
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The Branch Campuses Today University of
Washington, Tacoma Computing
Software Systems (BA, BS, MS)
Computer Engineering Systems
(BS) University of Washington, Bothell
Computing Software Systems (BS)
Applied Computing (BA)
Electrical Engineering
(BSEE) Washington State, Tri Cities
Computer Science (BA, BS, MS, PhD)
Mechanical Engineering (BS,
MS, PhD) Electrical
Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)
Environmental Engineering (BS, MS, PhD)
Washington State, Vancouver
Computer Science (BS, MS)
Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS)
Electrical Engineering (BS)

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• Where is the Institute of Technology Today?
• The Institute has done everything asked of it
• The CSS program was put on steroids.
• Enrollment is at an all time high bucking
  national trends.
• An articulation to make the program more
  accessible to technology students was designed
  implemented.
• Graduates are making a positive impact in the
  South Sound and in the State.
• An engineering program has been implemented.
• New programs are being proposed, but lacking
  approval.
• Efforts are being made to hire more Institute
  faculty.

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The next slide is a photo of Wright State
University In the lower portion of the photo,
below Col Glenn Hwy, is an industrial park with
numerous buildings occupied by software
development businesses. A very significant
portion of the professional work force here are
Wright State University Computer Science and
Engineering graduates, and a number of the
businesses were created by Wright State
Graduates. This an interesting example of a
quite successful University / Community
partnership.
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• How do we move forward from here?
• What does the Institute need to do today?
• What does the Institute / Community Partnership
  need to do today?
• What does the Institute need from UWT and UW
  today?
• How critical is it to have a local ready
  workforce when Washington emerges from the global
  recession?
• What can be done to help K-12 develop
  well-prepared interested students?
• What can the Institute do to realize the States
  dream of being the Washington Polytechnic
  University?

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