Developments on college campuses, and specifically at the University of South Carolina (USC), are presented in 15 articles and 3 book reviews. Titles and authors are as follows: "Assessing the Papal Visit" (Jerome N. Vereb); "How Long Does It Take to Graduate from Carolina" (Michael F. Welsh, Mark G. Shanley, Charles H. Witten); "Are the Concerns of Today's Liberal Arts Students Being Met?" (Margaret A. Cassidy); "Gender-balancing the Curriculum" (Sue V. Rosser); "Student Involvement and Its Relationship to Retention and Grade Point Averages: A Model for Assessment" (Harry B. Shucker); "The Evolution of a Contractual Right for the American College Student" (Jon C. Rogers); "The Role of Institutional Research in Higher Education (Kenneth L. Schwab, editor); "The Challenge of Effective Teaching" (Timothy J. Bergen, Jr.); "Black Students and the Future of USC" (Raymond O. Murphy, Michael F. Welsh, Ralph E. Johnson); "What Can the Soviets Teach Us about Higher Education?" (James V. Dreyfuss); "Selecting Student Staff: The Resident Advisor" (Melanie M. Grecu); "The Role of the University in a Technological Age" (Gerald R. Roys); "AIDS and Ethics on the College Campus" (Jodi A. Raybuck); "I Hated My Favorite Teachers" (G. James Burns); "Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning" (reviewed by Dorothy S. Fidler); "College" (reviewed by Sandra G. Nelson); "The Closing of the American Mind" (reviewed by Jean Mahaffey); and "A Wave of Reports on Higher Education: Bright Outlook or Stormy Forecast?" (Manuel J. Justiz). (SW)