The eight general session, exemplary practice, and roundtable papers contained in this conference proceedings report focus on various aspects of institutional effectiveness and student outcomes. The volume includes: (1) "Effectiveness and Student Success in Community Colleges: Practices, Realities, and Imperatives," by Peter Ewell; (2) "Rhetoric to Reality: Effectiveness in Community Colleges," by Richard L. Alfred and Vince P. Linder; (3) "Texas Academic Skills Program," by Dan Angel; (4) "Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success: Where Do We Go from Here?" by Paul Kreider; (5) "Connections for Student College Success and Institutional Effectiveness," by R. Dan Walleri and Margaret A. Gratton; (6) "Involvement in Learning: Its Impact on Student Outcomes," by John Anthony, Martha Ewing, Joe Jaynes, and Gary Perkus; (7) "What Constitutes Student Success in the Community College?" by John Losak; (8) "Celebration of Teaching: Staff Development Seminar," by Hal McAninch; (9) "Inter-Institutional Exemplary Practices in California: Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success," by Robert Jensen and Julie Shark; and (10) "Exemplary Research Practices in Support of Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success," by Trudy Bers, John Cosgrove, Gary Rice, Jeffrey Seybert, and William Martin. The final chapter consists of notes on the general, exemplary, and roundtable sessions. (JMC)