Rice University Statistics Selectivity, Students Entering Fall 1999: 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 1999 (Annotations)
		Number of full-time faculty equivalents	560
		Number of tenured and tenure-track faculty	451
		Number of instructors, lecturers, and others	37
		Percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty	92%
		Percentage of full-time faculty with doctorate or terminal degree	98%
		"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
		Nobel Laureates	2
		Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Recipients	25
		American Academy of Arts and Letters - Literature Award	1
		American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members	7
		American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows	9
		American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships	8
		American Philosophical Society Awards	3
		American Physical Society Fellows	8
		Guggenheim Fellowships	12
		Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fellows	11
		National Academies
		Institute of Medicine	2
		National Academy of Engineering Members	11
		National Academy of Sciences Members	7
		National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships	6
		National Endowment for the Humanities - Research Fellows	9
		National Humanities Center Fellowships	5
		National Institutes of Health Fellowships	5
		National Science Foundation Awards and Fellowships	42
		Sloan Fellowships	18
		U.S. Presidential Appointees to national boards and advisory committees	3
		Woodrow Wilson Fellowships	3
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