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Industrial Advisory Board Meeting Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 Rice Conference Room, 6764BH

Industrial Advisory Board Meeting Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 Rice Conference Room, 6764BH. Status Report MAE Graduate Education. Nasr Ghoniem. Targets and Goals. Acceptance rate 20-25 %. PhD/faculty ratio 5 PhD degrees 0.8 (per faculty per year). Admissions Timeline.

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Industrial Advisory Board Meeting Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 Rice Conference Room, 6764BH

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  1. Industrial Advisory Board MeetingFriday, Feb. 10, 2006Rice Conference Room, 6764BH Status Report MAE Graduate Education Nasr Ghoniem

  2. Targets and Goals • Acceptance rate 20-25 %. • PhD/faculty ratio 5 • PhD degrees 0.8 (per faculty per year)

  3. Admissions Timeline January 5th: All applications submitted January 16th: Information available on MAE website January 17th: Domestic application preparation. January 30th: The Committee reviews and finalizes admissions. Early February: Fellowship, Ra-ship and TA-ship recommendations Mid February: Domestic fellowship offers, February 27th: Financial support for international applicants: March 1st – 5th: Final Decisions.

  4. Ranking according to GPA (50%) +GRE (50%) formula as a rough cut; • Reject all foreign students, except when support is identified; • Look closely at each file for type of offer - allow flexibility in tailoring the offer; • Fulfill department obligations to new faculty first; • Maximize resource utilization - TAs (19900 funds) versus Fellows (Grad school + Dean Growth funds)

  5. Fall FY05

  6. Fall FY06

  7. Fall FY05

  8. Fall FY06

  9. Fall FY05

  10. Fall FY06

  11. Fall FY05

  12. Fall FY06

  13. Fall FY05

  14. Fall FY06

  15. Current Enrolled for winter 06 MS 92 Current Enrolled for winter 06 PhD 111 PhD/ Faculty 3.5 grad/ Faculty 6.4

  16. 2004-05 MAE Fellowship Offers • $15K Fellowship: 12 Offers(Financial Package:$ 28,633.00 ) $15,000.00 Stipend, Registration Fees (1 quarter TA.) ACCEPTED: 6 • $5K Fellowship: 27 Offers(Financial Package:$ 28,063.00 ) $5,000.00 Stipend, Registration Fees (3 quarters TA.) ACCEPTED: 11 • TA Fellowship: 7 Offers(Financial Package:$ 15,375.34 ) 2 quarters Registration Fees (2 quarters TA.)_ ACCEPTED: 3 • Faculty Fellowships: 12 Offers(Financial Package:$ 38,269.88 ) Stipend equal to RA’ship, Registration Fees and 3 quarters NRT. ACCEPTED: 7 • Faculty RA Fellowships: 8 Offers ACCEPTED: 2

  17. FY06 MAE Funds and Cost Offers MAE Funds:Graduate Division Allocation $ 505,500 HSSEAS Special GSR $ 165,000Total $ 670,500

  18. A New Approach to Recruitment • Resources = 22 Resident GSRs + 28 TAs • Distribute resources evenly amongst faculty • Ask faculty to recruit top students who are assigned to them • Guarantee a maximum of two years for entering students • Keep 15 TA slots for advanced graduate students

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