Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 2004: Freshmen Transfer Students Test Scores Class Rank Distinctions Faculty Facts and Distinctions Enrollment and Class Sizes Majors, Schools, and Degrees Tuition and Financial Assistance Undergraduate Profile Ethnic Enrollment Student Demographics Commencement and Beyond Retention and Graduation Degrees Awarded Postgraduation Pursuits National Recognition Rice Resources		Faculty Facts and Distinctions 2004(Annotations)
		Number of full-time faculty equivalents	618
		Number of tenured and tenure-track faculty	477
		Number of instructors, lecturers, and others	61
		Percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty	89%
		Percentage of full-time faculty with doctorate or terminal degree	96%
		"Teaching forces one to think and rethink the very foundation of one's discipline, year after year. Good teaching infuses good research, just as good research infuses good teaching." Robert Curl Harry and Olga Wiess Professor of Natural Sciences 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
		Faculty Distinctions for Current and Emeriti Faculty	Number
		Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Recipients	29
		American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members	9
		American Philosophical Society Member	1
		Fulbright Scholars Program	4
		Guggenheim Fellowships	37
		Institute of Medicine of the National Academies	3
		National Academy of Engineering	13
		National Academy of Sciences	5
		National Humanities Center Fellows	5
		National Science Foundation Awards/Fellowships	80
		Nobel Prize	2
		Pulitzer Prize	1
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