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