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Quality Education Task Force. Key Stakeholders:. School deans Department chairs Graduate Student Association Student Association “Rice Education of the Future” student task force. Key Data:. Two years of the Senior Exit Survey Faculty and Student QETF Questionnaire
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Quality Education Task Force
Key Stakeholders: • School deans • Department chairs • Graduate Student Association • Student Association • “Rice Education of the Future” student task force Key Data: • Two years of the Senior Exit Survey • Faculty and Student QETF Questionnaire • Future of Rice Education Student Survey
Core QETF Questions: • What does Rice have to do well in order to fulfill its mission of quality education and unsurpassed teaching? • What elements are essential to quality education at Rice? • What limits the quality of teaching in your dept.? • What is your dept. doing to further student’s education outside classrooms? • What is your dept. doing right? What are you proud of? • What could your department do better? • Is your dept. better than “X” peer university’s dept. and how would you know? • What metrics are best to assess teaching and education in your program for undergrads and grads?
Preliminary Findings • A continued commitment to classroom teaching excellence • Ensure faculty’s optimal teaching/research portfolio to achieve both missions • Individual mentoring • Professional development opportunities through research, internships, & leadership development • Flexible and well equipped classrooms for innovative teaching • Significantly improved teaching laboratories