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Our mission:
As a leading research university with a distinctive
commitment to undergraduate education, Rice
University aspires to pathbreaking research,
unsurpassed teaching and contributions to the
betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission
by cultivating a diverse community of learning and
discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum
of human endeavor.
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Unique higher ed environment
• Extremely competitive
• Dynamic
• Slow and resistant to change
• Highly visible and scrutinized
• Extensively regulated
• Widespread sense of “crisis” and “disruption”
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Forces reshaping higher education
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Undergraduate admissions:Fall 2003 and 2013
6 As of Sep 2013Source: Office of Registrar
2013 undergraduate entering class
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For each year, only countries with 10 or more enrolled UGs each are identified.
Source: Enrollment Data, Office of the Registrar
17%
12%
11%
11%
49%
Fall 2007164 Students
17%
59%
2%4%
18%
Fall 2013448 Students
South Korea
China
India
Canada
Other
“Other” includes 37 countries, Fall 2013
Enrolled international Undergraduates
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Affordability
Sticker price: About $5,000 to $8,000 below most AAU peers• FY 14: $51,941 tuition, fees and room and board (Rice)
Percent of entering class with financial aid: about 60 percent
Percent of entering class with Pell Grants• Fall 2010: 15.2 percent• Fall 2011: 16.7 percent• Fall 2012: 18.7 percent• Fall 2013: 14.6 percent
Percent of graduating undergrads without student loans• 2010: 61 percent• 2011: 68 percent• 2012: 70 percent• 2013: 70 percent
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Centennial Campaign
• Endowed Scholarships$106 million, including $83 million for undergraduate scholarships
• New or expanded programs Asian studies, Jewish studies, urban research, religious tolerance, global health and leadership, undergraduate business minor, sociology, master of accounting, teaching excellence, OwlSpark
• New research and classroom facilities Brockman Hall for Physics, biosciences, Klein Hall for Social Sciences, Anderson-Clarke Center for Continuing Studies and Moody Center for the Arts
• Campus improvements Brochstein Pavilion, Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center, Tudor Fieldhouse, James Turrell Skyspace and other art, OEDK, Rice Chapel
• CollegesDuncan and McMurtry Colleges, Seibel Servery and Wilson House
• Alumni giving rate Total campaign: 60 percent FY 2013: 31 percent
Goal exceeded: $1.1 billion raised
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Capital projects and plans:Moving west
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Projected completions• Anderson Clarke Center (January 2014)• George R. Brown tennis facility (April 2014)• Klein Hall
Post 2015(depending on fundraising) • Opera theater• Moody Center for the Arts• Football facilities• Soccer and track pavilion
Campus planning studies• Infrastructure: tunnels, roads, PARKING, storm water • Impact of land development strategies • RMC
Capital projects and plans:Moving west
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V2C
PNCThe application of the V2C to the
first decade of our second century
Priorities for the new century
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Priorities for the new century
Campus infrastructure investments
Administrative effectiveness and efficiency
Strategic academic priorities
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Strategic academic priorities
Enhancing research
Quality teaching and
digital learning
TMC relations and biosciences
Energy and environmen
t
Arts initiative
International engagement
Entrepreneurial university
SecondCentury
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Quality teaching
• Center for Teaching Excellence: Josh Eyler, directorFellows:Lisa Balabanlilar Rachel KimbroSteven Cox Kathleen MatthewsReto Geiser Albert NapierBridget Gorman Marcia O’MalleyJane Grande-Allen Ann SaterbakMichael Gustin Richard StollJason Hafner Robert WestbrookMatthias Henze
• Senate Committee on Teaching• Rice MOOCs for edX and Coursera• Rice’s Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship
New developments
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Rice’s digital portfolio
On campus teaching• Lecture capture (BA/BS, MS)• Flipped classrooms (digital and face-to-face)• Selected distance learning (MS, MBA)
Beyond campus teaching• MOOCs: edX (9 courses) and Coursera (17 courses)
Support of teaching K-20: Multimode digital tests and curricula• OpenStax: 5 of 25 books to reach more than 1 million college
students and potential K-12• STEMscopes: K-12-only digital curricula reaching more than 1.5
million Texas students
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#RiceWalkabout
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Strategic initiatives
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Learning outside the classroom
Leadership experience• SA and college government• Student organizations• BIPP student forum
Entrepreneurial experience• Student-run businesses• OwlSpark
Internships• More than 200 per year: BIPP, Leadership Rice, Sports Management,BCB and Social Sciences
Research• Rice 360• OEDK
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From the SA: Our Rice, Our Vision
• Cultivate academic excellence• Strengthen the Rice identity• Preserve Rice’s accessibility• Empower students to become dynamic scholars• Expand the role of the residential college system• Expand student life resources• Promote wellness and balance• Foster collaborative relationships• Engage communities beyond the hedges• Build innovative leaders
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How are we doing?
Leiden Ranking: World’s top universities (2013)• No. 1 in natural sciences and engineering• No. 6 for all sciences
US News & World Report (2014)• Among top 20 national universities since 1988• Tied for No. 18 in 2014 ranking, down from No. 17 tie in 2013
Max Planck Society in Germany (2013)• No. 1 for material sciences and chemistry• No. 2 for engineering• No. 4 physics and astronomy• No. 8 in computer science
Princeton Review (2014)(survey of students in 378 top universities)• No. 1 best quality of life• No. 2 happiest students• No. 3 best-run colleges• No. 5 great financial aid• No. 6 “their students love these colleges”• No. 10 best health services• No. 10 for lots of race/class interaction (only AAU school in top 10)• No. 12 best athletic facilities
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RICEResponsibility, Integrity, Community, Excellence
Values that define our culture and guide our behavior
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