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2012: Watershed year for higher education

• Higher education financial model under pressure

• Declining reputation and public support

• Governance issues at University of Virginia

• Ethics and compliance at Penn State

• Online education gains elite momentum

• New overseas campuses for American universitiesoYale, NYU and Duke

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The last decade of our first century

• Growth in research funding and profile

• Academic enrichment: New majors, minors, programs, centers and graduate degrees

• 30 percent growth in undergraduate population, with increased quality and diversity

• 37 percent growth in graduate enrollment

• Growth in international students, relationships and programs

• Substantial expansion, renewal of physical plant and campus

• Improving shared governance through Faculty Senate

• Growth in philanthropy through two campaigns

• Greater visibility and reputation

• Leading rankings in student and alumni satisfaction

• Increasing engagement with Houston

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Undergraduate admissions:Fall 2002 and 2012

Source: Office of Enrollment

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Undergraduate student body: Ethnicity, geography, Pell Grants

Source: Office of Enrollment

2002-2005 Matriculants

699+715+726+722 = 2862

2009-2012 Matriculants

894+949+998+935 = 3776

+32%+32%

49% Texas 45% 43%47% Other States 43% 46%3% International 11% 10%

935 Fall 2012 Freshmen

11% Pell Grant recipients 15% 19%

2009-20122002-2005

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Meeting competition and economic need: Tuition discount

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Graduate student enrollment

Source: OIR, Office of Registrar

+37%

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Coursera enrollments: 90,000 and growing

Course Instructors Enrollment

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python

Joe Warren, Scott Rixner,John Greiner, Stephen Wong

51,704

Analytical Chemistry Vicki Colvin 4,852

Chemistry: Concept Development and Application

John Hutchinson 7,656

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering Don Johnson 13,755

Nanotechnology: The Basics Vicki Colvin, Daniel Mittleman 14,242

By comparison: 6,402 degree-seeking students Fall 2012

Undergraduate: 3,861

Graduate: 2,541

Continuing Studies: Annual Enrollment: ~14,000

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Faculty growth: Full-time TTT*

Source: Provost's Faculty Database

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Faculty growth: Instructional NTT FTE

Source: OIR

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Research revenues by funding source

+39%+39%

FY 2007 = $77,177,000 FY 2012 = $107,267,000

+48% +48%

FY 2002 = $52,303,000

Other includes industry and state and local government sponsors

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Investing in the campus

• Increase in square feet: 2002-2012o 18% classroomso 33% research and instructional lab spaceo 36% dynamic campus (Pavilion, Rec Center)o 46% housing and dining (colleges, serveries, grad apts.)o 12 pieces of public art added

• Projects in the pipelineo Glasscock School of Continuing Studieso Klein Hall for Social Scienceso Tennis facility

• Projects subject to fundraisingo Art buildingo Football end-zone facilityo Opera theater

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Operating revenues

$551M$300M

Source: Rice Financial Statements for FY 2002 and preliminary FY 2012 Financial Statements

+84%+84%

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Endowment returns:Unaudited as of June 30, 2012

35% Russell 3000 / 35% ACWI ex US / 30% Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index

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Endowment market value

EstimatedSource: Investments

FY 12 Endowment spending rate: 5.66% of moving 3-year average MV

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Campaign commitments: $888 million

As of Sept. 27, 2012 -- dollars in millions

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Shared governance: Faculty Senate

Since its creation in 2005:• Participation in BCM merger discussion

• Procedure for regular review of deans

• Process for creating and changing undergraduate and graduate programs

• Program in Writing and Communication

• Phased faculty retirement program

• Creation of minors and process for approval

• Procedure for approving dual degree programs

• Guidance on online education

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The Second Century:The decade ahead

• Improve teaching, learning and mentoring in the digital age

• Expand our impact through online education

• Enhance our research capability: strengthen faculty and research support

• Foster more collaboration with the TMC, museums and industry

• Build deeper international partnerships

• Invest in infrastructure and maintenance

• Support the entrepreneurial spirit: lead, innovate, create, build

• Develop interdisciplinary, inter-institutional arts initiative

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Addressing big challenges

Emerging themes and potential areas of Rice impact requiring broad campus engagement:

•Mind and brain

•Food, energy, water

•Global health

•Technology and understanding: Big data and better decisions

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Mission and values

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.

Our values:

Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence

Values that define our culture and guide our behavior

 

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• Wednesday, Oct. 10o Centennial Lecture: J. Craig Venter (3 p.m.)o Faculty and Staff Reception (4:30 p.m.)o Shorts: Esther Dyson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rem Koolhaas, Craig Venter

(8 p.m.)

• Thursday, Oct. 11o Centennial Lectures: Rem Koolhaas, Esther Dyson, Shirley Ann Jackson

(10 a.m.)

• Friday, Oct. 12o Academic Procession & Centennial Address (9:30 a.m.)o Centennial Picnic (11:30 a.m.)o Presidential Panel: (2 p.m.)

‐ Università di Bologna; Tianjin University; Koç University; Princeton University; Jacobs University Bremen; Rice University

o Faculty Mini-Lectures: The Power of Ideas (4 p.m.)o Three Decades of Rice University Leadership (4:30 p.m.)

• Saturday, Oct.13o Edgar Odell Lovett Statue Dedication (10:30 a.m.)o Centennial Football Game (2:30 p.m.)o Centennial Celebration Spectacle (8:45, 9:45, 10:45 p.m.)

• Sunday, Oct.14o Faculty Recital by the Fischer Duo (2 p.m.)o World Premiere Concert (7:30 p.m.)

For more information: centennial.rice.edu