VOL. 22, NO. 22	APRIL 25, 1997

Record Photos by Virgil Renzulli.

he presidents of seven major research universities--Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Chicago, Washington (Mo.), Southern California and the University of Washington--met with members of the press at a media dinner co-hosted by Columbia and USC in Washington, D.C., on Apr. 15. Topics included tenure, college costs, helping public schools, race and affirmative action, and college and university rankings. At top, from left: President George Rupp, Cheryl Fields of Black Issues in Higher Education, and Mel Elfin of U.S. News & World Report. Pictured immediately above, from left: Judith Rodin, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Al Sanoff of U.S. News & World Report.