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Town HallPresident David W. Leebron

Feb. 7, 2017

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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 the 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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Responsibility, Integrity, Community, Excellence

Defining our culture. Guiding our behavior.

Our values

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Campus landmarks

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Berlin Wall

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Elizabeth Gillis Award

“In recognition of her dedication, the Board of Trustees of Rice University establishes the Elizabeth Gillis Award for Exemplary Service to Rice University, to annually recognize the outstanding achievements and services by a staff member in support of the mission of the university. Recipients shall, like the woman for whom the award is named, show consistently outstanding performance and embody an exceptional attitude of service.”

Resolution by the Board of Trustees, May 2000

Our people: Making a difference

Elizabeth and Malcolm Gillis

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Elizabeth Gillis Award winner

Jim BevanWomen’s Track and Field Coach

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5-year recipients 100








Number of staff who celebrated service milestones in calendar year 2016, including retirees

Our people: Years of service

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In memoriam

Hans Ave Lallemant

Katherine Tsanoff Brown

James Buchanan

Michael Carroll

Jean-Claude De Bremaecker

Norma Cowley

Joel Cyprus

Sheila Dinnon

Elinor Evans

Oscar Flores

Robert Hauge

David Hellums

James Lang

Mae Leamons

Angelo Miele

Joseph Nagy

Hally Beth Poindexter

Meredith Riddell

Sandy Saunders

Mingjia Tang (student)

William Veech

Stacy Ware

Pauline Warren

Sam Waters (student)

Scott Wellington

Ethan Wissell (student)

Tom Yeates

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In memoriam

Marjorie Corcoran

1950–2017

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The goal: Renewing the vision and strategyto guide Rice for the next five to 10 years

The first step: Initiating the conversation

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What must we do to accelerate our research achievement and reputation?

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Sponsored research revenues

$0

$20

$40

$60

$80

$100

$120

$140

FY04 FY09 FY16

State,Local&Other

Industrial

Founda ons

Federal

($inMillions)$140.2M

$85.4M

$67.1M

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Sponsored research and other sponsored program revenues by funding source

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What changes might wewant to see in our undergraduate education?

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Education:The changing value proposition

Classroom experience

Research opportunities Mentoring

Leadership: student clubs, extracurricular Civic

engagement and

community-based

experience

International

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Classroom experience

Research opportunities

Mentoring

Leadership: student clubs, extracurricular

Entrepreneurial opportunities Digital education

Civic engagement and community-based experience

International

2025

For illustrative purposes

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New programs and services

Writing: Program in Writing and Communication

Leadership: Doerr Institute for New Leaders; Rice Center

for Engineering Leadership

Creativity: Moody Center for the Arts; OEDK

Entrepreneurship: Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

International: Study abroad programs

Internships: Sallyportal connections to alumni; various

internship programs

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Shifting interests of undergraduates:Credit hours by school

Degree-seeking undergraduate credits (As of census date, mid-October)

Fall 2004: N = 47,225 Fall 2016: N = 59,928

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What changes might we want to see in our graduate education?

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New doctoral programs New services

Art History Graduate and postdoctoral studies

Business Center for Teaching Excellence

Sociology Rice Center for Engineering Leadership

Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology GRADstarter

Materials Science and NanoEngineering

New masters programs

Artist Diploma in Music

Accounting

Architecture

BioScience and Health Policy

Computational Science and Engineering

Energy Economics

Global Affairs

Space Studies

New graduate degrees and services

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Graduate student growth and diversification

Source: Office of the Registrar and Web Apps General Student Download, 8/31/2015

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What should shape our priorities in faculty recruitment?

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Criteria for recruitment

Meeting

teaching

needs

Enhancing

Rice’s

research

profile

Preserving or

raising the

caliber of a

school or

department

Supporting

strategic

objectives

Increasing

diversity

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What is our vision for the composition of our student body and our educational outreach?

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Columbia

JHU

Harvard

Chicago

MIT

Stanford

Duke

Yale

Penn

CMU

WashU

Vanderbilt

Rice

Cornell

Princeton

Dartmouth

Brown

Percent UG Percent GR

Rice enrollment is 43 percent graduate

Data source: IPEDS Fall 2014 Enrollment

(peers) Fall 2016 Rice Enrollment

Rice Fall 2016

Undergrad (includes visiting UG) 3,893

Grad (includes visiting GR) 2,96225

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24% of degree-seeking studentsare international*

Data source: Office of the Registrar.

*Those who enter with visas; excludes those with permanent resident status.

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Growth in online education

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97,190

228,360

641,507

717,137

594,384

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500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Enrollments in Rice online courses by calendar year

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History of new programs

1975: Shepherd School opens

1977: Jones Graduate School opens

1979: School of Social Sciences established

1989: Rice/Baylor College of Medicine joint admissions

1993: Baker Institute founded

2006: First minor offered (financial computation and modeling)

2007: Rice 360 Institute for Global Health established

2008: Chao Center for Asian Studies established

2010: Kinder Institute established

2013: Boniuk Institute established

2014: Doerr Institute for New Leaders established

2015: Rice/UTHealth master’s in public health

2016: Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship established

2017: Moody Center for the Arts opens

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Are there particularglobal and national problems we might want to focus on?

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Rice addresses challenges

Urban issues: Kinder Institute

Global health: Rice 360

Energy security: Baker Institute’s Center for

Energy Studies

Clean water: NEWT

World affairs: Baker Institute’s Center for the

Middle East

Religious tolerance: Boniuk Institute

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What should Rice do to develop strategic

relationships with, and in support of, vitally

important constituencies and organizations

beyond campus?

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What things about Rice are distinctiveand important to maintain?

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Are there critical aspects of our cultureor organization we need to change?

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What else should we

be asking ourselves?

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V2C2.RICE.EDUTake the survey:

“We must be bold”