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Dean of the Year: Peter Rodriguez
Our very own Dean Peter Rodriguez has been named Poets&Quants’ 2025 Dean of the Year! This national honor recognizes visionary leadership and outstanding contributions to business education — and Dean Rodriguez has delivered both in a big way. We are so proud to call him our dean and of what we have achieved.
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Peter Rodriguez, the Houston Endowment Dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice University, has been named the 2025 Poets&Quants Dean of the Year, a national honor recognizing visionary leadership and outstanding contributions to business education.
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In less than a decade, Rodriguez has transformed Rice Business in nearly every dimension. Beyond creating a thriving undergraduate offering, he has overseen a 192% increase in student enrollment. The growth stems from a doubling of MBA students and the launch of an online MBA—the university’s first online degree—along with a hybrid MBA option.
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