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Rice, UH rank among ‘2018 Best Value Colleges’ OUSTON - Remarkable academic quality and affordability are just some of the great attributes that have landed the University of Houston and Rice University on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 300 Best Value Colleges for 2018.
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The rankings, which have been around for nearly 20 years, combine public schools, private universities and private liberal arts colleges into a single, comprehensive list.
“Salary Yardstick” is $64,300. The university also ranked as No. 5 on the “Best Values in Private Colleges” list. UH joins Texas A&M, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at Dallas as the only public schools in Texas listed in the 2018 rankings. Kiplinger’s starts with a list of nearly 1,200 schools across the country and trims the list using measures of academic quality. The schools are then ranked on cost and financial aid data. Only the top 3 percent of schools make the list. The full rankings are now available online and will appear in print in the February 2018 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, on newsstands January 9. (-UH/RICE Press releases)
North Carolina accuses drugmaker Insys of scheme to push opioid
Rice University, Houston The rising cost of tuition nationwide and the increasing number of American families struggling with student loans are among the biggest issues facing higher education leaders and lawmakers. When choosing the right university—one that delivers an affordable, high-quality education, the stakes are high. “Our rankings, which weigh affordability alongside academic quality, are a great resource for students and their parents when sorting through college choices,” said Mark Solheim, editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. “All 300 schools on our list are worth a look.” Rice is No. 8 on Kiplinger’s “Best College Values” 2017 list based on its academic quality and affordability. “Stronger test scores than in previous years and robust financial aid awards helped Rice University return to the top 10 on our combined list this year,” the Kiplinger staff wrote in its profile of Rice, according to the release. “The school, located in the heart of the country’s fourth-largest city, also stands out for its low six-to-one student-faculty ratio and 96 percent freshman retention rate. With the lowest sticker price in our combined top 10, the school is an attractive option for families regardless of how much aid they think they may qualify for.”
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Kiplinger also calculated the median earnings of workers who enrolled in college 10 years earlier and received federal financial aid. For Rice, that
Obama most admired man among Americans: Gallup poll
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ASHINGTON, | AFP | 12/27/2017 - Former US president Barack Obama is the most admired man in the United States and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton the most admired woman, according to a poll published Wednesday.
Obama came out on top of the annual Gallup survey for the 10th year in a row while Clinton, who lost last year’s presidential election to Donald Trump, was named the most admired woman for the 16th straight year. Seventeen percent of the Americans polled said Obama was the man they admired most, down from 22 percent last year. Trump was second with 14 percent followed by Pope Francis with three percent. Nine percent of those polled
US President Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski)
said Clinton was their most admired woman followed by former US First Lady Michelle Obama with seven percent and talk show host Oprah Winfrey with four percent.
AAPI QLI hosts 22nd annual gala, honors 4 physicians for excellence Four physicians, Dr. Mohinder Gupta; Dr. Devendra Mehta; Dr. P. Patrick Basu; and, Dr. Usha Krishnan were honored for their life time achievements
Billionaire Insys founder John Kapoor. Photo credit: University at Buffalo/Reuters by Nate Raymond
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OSTON (Reuters) - North Carolina sued Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday, accusing the pharmaceutical company of illegally pushing a powerful fentanylbased cancer pain medicine called Subsys to boost profits amid the U.S. opioid epidemic. The lawsuit announced by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein comes amid a federal investigation that has led to charges against several former executives accused of engaging in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe Subsys. Stein accused Insys of paying kickbacks to doctors to promote and prescribe Subsys for uses other than treating cancer pain and of deceiving insurers into covering prescriptions for
Chief Guest Congressman from NY’s 3rd district Honorable Tom Suozzi, Nassau County Executive elect Honorable Laura Curran, first deputy commissioner at department of health New York State Dr. Eugene Heslin, were among the dignitaries who attended the gala. Read report on Page 3
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Gallup said the poll of 1,049 adults was conducted between December 4-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
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