Bill Text: TX HR125 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Rice University on being named to Forbes magazine's list of New Ivies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Filed [HR125 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR125-Introduced.html
| 89R11326 AMB-D | ||
| By: Johnson | H.R. No. 125 | |
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| WHEREAS, Rice University was named to Forbes magazine's | ||
| inaugural list of New Ivies in 2024; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The New Ivies list recognizes 10 public and 10 | ||
| private universities that attract high-achieving students and | ||
| produce smart, driven graduates who are sought after by employers | ||
| of all types; after disqualifying Ivy League schools with fewer | ||
| than 4,000 students, the more than 1,700 eligible colleges were | ||
| evaluated based on standardized test scores, admissions | ||
| selectivity, and hiring manager surveys; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in October 1912, Rice University is a | ||
| globally oriented private institution located on 300 acres in | ||
| Houston; with an enrollment of over 8,800 undergraduate and | ||
| graduate students, the university boasts an impressive 6-to-1 | ||
| undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio and consistently ranks | ||
| highly among private universities for best quality of life and best | ||
| value; moreover, Rice encourages its students to become | ||
| contributing members of the workforce and community through | ||
| academically challenging classes, projects, residential colleges, | ||
| leadership roles, extracurricular activities, and experiential | ||
| learning, and its faculty and alumni have made significant | ||
| contributions in numerous fields; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than a century, Rice University has | ||
| diligently prepared students with the highest standards of | ||
| knowledge, skill, and professionalism, and the institution is | ||
| indeed deserving of this prestigious recognition; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Rice University on being named to | ||
| Forbes magazine's list of New Ivies and extend to all those | ||
| associated with the university sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
