Forced purchasing won’t promote textbook affordability, says OpenStax expert
HOUSTON – (March 10, 2020) – Higher education faculty are increasingly accepting and even preferring digital learning materials, especially as concerns grow about the cost of traditional textbooks, according to a new study, "Inflection Point: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2019."
The oil price war is on, says Baker Institute expert
HOUSTON – (March 10, 2020) – This week, global crude oil prices are seeing the biggest price decline since 1991 after Saudi Arabia announced its largest price discount in 30 years, according to an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice U. expert: Coronavirus crisis calls for 'in extremis' leadership
HOUSTON – (March 9, 2020) – The world is looking to its leaders for guidance and stability during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak — a situation that calls for "in extremis" leadership, according to a Rice University leadership expert.
Doerr Institute’s Kolditz honored at West Point
Tom Kolditz, the founding director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders, recently received a Distinguished Former Faculty Award from the U.S. Military Academy.
Vaping bans are ineffective, say Baker Institute experts
HOUSTON -- (March 3, 2020) – Vaping products have contributed to a decline in cigarette smoking but have increased the number of middle and high school students who are addicted to nicotine — a problem that can only be effectively addressed through regulation of advertising — according to drug policy experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice students tackle criminal justice reform at Houston Policy Challenge
One of the toughest public policy issues of our time was tackled by teams of Rice students who gathered to pitch their ideas on how to improve criminal justice policy in the Houston area.
Best Boards Conference helps nonprofits maximize impact
HOUSTON – (Feb. 24, 2020) – Nonprofit board members and executives are invited to attend Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies annual Best Boards Conference.
Miles joins Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies
HOUSTON – (Feb. 17, 2020) – Steven Miles, an attorney who has spent 35 years focusing on natural gas, electric power and renewable energy, has been named a nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the institute announced today.
Teach for America CEO talks with Rice students on being change agents
Rice students recently met with Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach for America, through the Doerr Institute for New Leaders' excursion program.
Innovators, influencers and inspiration in focus at 20th annual Women in Leadership Conference
Business and thought leaders gathered at Rice's Jones Graduate School of Business Feb. 14 for the 20th annual Women in Leadership Conference.
Electric vehicles are evolutionary, not revolutionary, says Baker Institute expert
HOUSTON -- (Feb. 18, 2020) – Tesla will disrupt the automotive industry only if it is able to achieve scale, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Start the presses: Rice students tour Houston Chronicle
Rice students, some of them Thresher journalists, toured the Houston Chronicle through Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders.
Miles joins Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies.
HOUSTON – (Feb. 17, 2020) – Steven Miles, an attorney who has spent 35 years focusing on natural gas, electric power and renewable energy, has been named a nonresident fellow in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, the institute announced today.
Electricity’s past and future in America
As Americans integrate renewable energy resources into the nation’s power supply, a new research paper from the Baker Institute for Public Policy reviews how the country’s electrical system developed and says that an understanding of its past can offer insights about its future.
Rice to host expanded Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium for professionals and students
HOUSTON -- (Feb. 5, 2020) – Texas’ premier investment education and networking program is coming to Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
