In this Friday, June 15, 2012 photo, construction continues on new Rutgers University dormitory buildings on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers is known as a strong university. But several U.S. public universities rank ahead of Rutgers on surveys. A handful, including the Universities of California-Berkeley, Washington and Michigan, consistently rank among the top 20 in the world. It’s that list that Rutgers officials seek to join. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)