PRESIDENT'S LETTER APPEARS IN TODAY'S WASHINGTON POST

A letter to the editor from Old Dominion University President Roseann Runte regarding Virginia's funding of higher education appears in Friday's edition of The Washington Post.

In the letter, a response to a column by Melanie Scarborough, Runte notes that support public universities received from the commonwealth decreased during the past decade in relation to the cost of a student's education. She attributes this to the number of students attending the universities increasing, while the commonwealth subsidy decreased, and universities seeking support from federal and private sources.

To read the entire letter, visit The Washington Post's Web site at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61949-2002Aug8.html