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Space Task Force. December 4, 2013. Why a Task Force?. Difficult to meet academic program needs Growing proportion of budget is allocated for space Culture where space @ Rice is perceived as free Need principles, standards, processes, tools to more effectively manage space.
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Space Task Force December 4, 2013
Why a Task Force? • Difficult to meet academic program needs • Growing proportion of budget is allocated for space • Culture where space @ Rice is perceived as free • Need principles, standards, processes, tools to more effectively manage space
Principles/ Roles Recommendations • The Provost owns all space • Day-to-day management delegated to Deans / VPs • University Space Committee • Policies, standards, practices, issues • Space assignments are: • Based on standards • Not permanent • Reviewed annually
Research Space Recommendations • Annual campus-wide ranking of faculty use of lab space: • Total research expenditures ($)/assignable square feet • Actual indirect cost recovery ($)/assignable square feet • Assignable square feet/person participating full time in research • Review bottom quartile each year (3-yr. average) • Allocate 800 – 1,200 asf to asst. professors who conduct experimental research • Conduct external review of faculty start-up process
Instructional Space Recommendations • Must use standard time blocks • No more than 2/3 of Dept. courses can be offered in prime time • Dept. lecture halls or other rooms that could be used for instruction should be made available to Registrar to schedule in morning
Office Space Recommendations • Current situation – difficult to find one office • Employ office standards • Multiple offices not allowed • Requires annual exception from Provost • Restrictions on emeritus faculty offices • Private office requires level of effort = full time faculty member • Conduct campus-wide study of office space
Task Force Members • Barbara Bryson • Kathy Collins • Vicki Colvin • Pat Dwyer • Carlos Garcia • Kevin Kirby • Lyn Ragsdale • Bart Sinclair • Jim Smolen • Ned Thomas • Ken Whitmire