* 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist ( d. 2012 )

* 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1914 – Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician ( b. 1898 )

* 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1942 )

* 2012 – Jerry Lynch, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Paul McCracken, American economist ( b. 1915 )

* 1921 – William Asher, American director, screenwriter, and producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1926 – John Silber, American academic ( d. 2012 )

* 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter ( d. 2012 )

* 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality ( d. 2012 )

* 1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor ( d. 2012 )

* 1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2012 )

* 1919 – Vondell Darr, American actress ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Martin Poll, American movie producer ( b. 1922 )

* 1931 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer ( d. 2012 )

* 1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Matt Branam, American academic, 14th president of Rose – Hulman Institute of Technology ( b. 1954 )

* 2012 – George Cowan, American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist ( b. 1920 )

* 1939 – Charlie Rose, American politician ( d. 2012 )

* 1958 – Michael Dokes, American boxer ( d. 2012 )

* 2012 – Irving Fein, American film and television producer and manager ( b. 1911 )

* 2012 – Bill Skowron, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

U. S. News & World Report ranked Caltech as the 5th best university in the United States in their 2012 national college rankings, together with MIT, Stanford University, University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania.

In 2012, Dartmouth was ranked tenth among undergraduate programs at national universities by U. S. News & World Report.

Dartmouth's strength in undergraduate education is highlighted by U. S. News & World Report when in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 it ranked Dartmouth first in undergraduate teaching at national universities.

The 2012 HDI Practices and Salary Report reported that for the first time in the 20 years of the report, that Service Desk ( at 32. 3 %) is used more than Help Desk ( at 26. 6 %) or other names ( sum of which total 40. 1 %).

The U. S. News and World Report ( USNWR ) ranks it fifth among large universities for its undergraduate program in 2012.

The 2012 US News and World Report Law School rankings lists the school at number eighty-two in the nation overall, adding that the school has the number one legal writing program in the nation, as well as top-twenty rankings for its part-time program and its clinical programs.

The professional schools of the University of California, San Francisco are among the top in the nation, according to current ( 2012 ) US News and World Report graduate school and other rankings.

In 2012, the school of medicine ranked 5th overall among research-based medical schools by US News and World Report.

In 2012, US News and World Report ranked the UCSF School of Pharmacy number one in its " America's Best Graduate Schools " edition.

According to Indian Gaming CPA Firm Joseph Eve's 2012 Indian Gaming Cost of Doing Business Report, average revenues of Indian Casinos across the United States is at about US $ 77 million.

In its most recent report, the 2012 edition of U. S. News & World Report ranked the US Naval Academy as the No. 1 Public Liberal Arts College in the nation, tied for first with the US Military Academy.

As of 2011, the institute has been ranked first in its category ( engineering colleges whose highest degree offered is a Bachelors's or Master's ) by U. S. News & World Report for 13 consecutive years ( 2000 – 2012 ).

According to the 2011 – 2012 PayScale College Salary Report, Louisiana Tech alumni earn a median starting salary of $ 43, 300 and a median mid-career salary of $ 85, 100.

Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U. S. News & World Report in 2012.

* According to the 2012 US News & Report, UNCG is classified as a Tier 1 University with an overall National University rank of # 189 among public colleges and universities in the United States.

The following are considered developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Report, April 2012.

* US News and World Report ranked Brandeis No. 31 in their 2012 annual list of Best National Universities, tied with Boston College.

According to the 2012 Highfliers Report, Manchester is the most targeted university by the Top 100 Graduate Employers.

The U. S. News & World Report for 2012 have Wittenberg ranked as the 121st best Liberal Arts college in the US, and Forbes Magazine ranked the schools as the 176th best university in the country.

In its 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges, Bucknell was ranked 29th among all liberal arts colleges in the United States by U. S. News & World Report.

Additionally, the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance Report declared a rebalancing of national security and military focus towards the Asia-Pacific region with special mention of North Korea:

In May of 2012, three major national publications, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and US News and World Report, ranked the high schools in our nation.

In 2012, the US News and World Report ranked Lexington as # 4 on its list of the best cities for barbecue.

In its 2012 college ranking, U. S. News & World Report ranked Swarthmore as the # 3 liberal arts college, with an overall score of 96 / 100, behind Williams and Amherst, respectively.