Do Rice University and Lehigh University offer public or private research?
private research
Title: Lehigh University
Passage: Lehigh University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer.  Its undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year.  As of 2014, the university had 4,904 undergraduate students and 2,165 graduate students. Lehigh is considered one of the twenty-four Hidden Ivies in the Northeastern United States.
Title: Steven Sametz
Passage: Steven Sametz (born 1954, Westport, Connecticut) is active as both conductor and composer.  He has been hailed as "one of the most respected choral composers in America."  Since 1979, he has been on the faculty of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he holds the Ronald J. Ulrich Chair in Music and is Director of Choral Activities and is founding director of the Lehigh University Choral Union.  Since 1998, he has served as Artistic Director of the professional "a cappella" ensemble, The Princeton Singers.  He is also the founding director of the Lehigh University Summer Choral Composers’ Forum.  In 2012, he was named Chair of the American Choral Directors Association Composition Advisory Committee.
Title: Rice University
Passage: Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university located on a 295-acre campus in Houston, Texas, United States.  The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.  Rice is generally considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Texas.
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