1. Space Task Force December 4, 2013

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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