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Priorities for the new century

Priorities for the new century. Strategic academic priorities. Strategic school investments. Campus infrastructure investments. Administrative effectiveness and efficiency. Strategic initiatives. ?. Second Century. Working Group: Research and Graduate Studies.

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Priorities for the new century

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  1. Priorities for the new century Strategic academic priorities Strategic school investments Campus infrastructure investments Administrative effectiveness and efficiency

  2. Strategic initiatives ? Second Century

  3. Working Group: Research and Graduate Studies • Increased proposal development staff to three • 99% adoption rate for electronic research proposal submissions; electronic compliance process (IRB etc) to roll out this spring/summer • Funding for research equipment replacement • Discussions underway about research support • Seiichi Matsuda named Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral studies • Developing creative approaches to strengthen recruitment • Implemented plan to make Humanities and Social Sciences graduate stipends competitive

  4. Working group:Administrative review and improvement • IT Task Force report • Principles, governance, organization • Assessments of major administrative functions over the next few years • Changes underway on travel policy and procedures - Implementing Concur • Degree workssoftware tool will be available this fall to facilitate tracking progress toward degree • Continuing to eliminate paper in payroll • Space Utilization Task Force • Space survey of 70 buildings (Feb 25-May 2)

  5. Finances and the FY 2015 budget • Key revenue assumptions: • 2 percent increase in endowment distribution likely; discussing additional distribution possibilities with the board • Slower growth expected in all other core revenues • Smaller entering class of undergraduates (945 fall 2014 vs. 976 fall 2013) • Slower growth in tuition rate (4.2 percent to $39,880) • Priorities (not in any order): • Salaries • Faculty recruitment • Class section size • Student retention • Improving graduate education • Library resources • Support for research • Rice’s role in digital education • Deferred maintenance • Replacing the IT network • Administrative improvements

  6. Faculty salaries • Slightly larger salary pool for FY 2015 • Separate pool for promotion-related raises • All promotions will receive at least 9.5 percent raise • As part of budget process, provost and deans are reviewing all TTT faculty salaries with focus on: • appropriateness in light of equity, merit and market

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