Results of a national survey (N=485) indicate that most chief student affairs officers expect their staffs to write grant proposals. It also indicated that the number and amount of awards are increasing, and the most popular incentives are individual recognition and retention of salary savings within the unit. Detailed guidelines for student…

Results of a national survey indicate that most programs for minority students are supported primarily by institutional funds. Most chief student affairs officers believe that these programs should be internally funded because of their high institutional priority. (Author/LSR)

Results of a national survey indicate that private institutions orient students to be future donors, but current students are rarely involved in institutional advancement activities. Presently, only limited collaboration occurs between student affairs and development, although both offices support cooperation. (Author/LSR)

In the future, chief student affairs officers should assume a leadership role by making realistic strategic institutional advancement plans, discovering potential donors and involving them on campus, coordinating an information system, and providing staff development. (Author)

Reviews racial bias and racial intolerance among college students during the late 1980s. Asserts that campus bias-related indents are predictable outcomes of increasingly self-interested values and limited personal experience with racial and ethnic diversity. Discusses the need to create more opportunities for contact and interaction among…

Describes ways black students and white students organize and interact on college campuses. Students overwhelmingly interact with others of their own race, but such patterns can be changed and racist attitudes can be defused by facilitating new patterns of social interaction. Discusses the promotion of future racial interaction and the acceptance…

Investigates interactions between student background characteristics and college entrance criteria and the behaviors that students have in college. Precollege characteristics and college experiences affect student performance and satisfaction, as reported in this study of African American and white students on a predominantly white campus.…

Presents a peer training model illustrating how a campus can involve its students, faculty, and administrators in effective prejudice-reducing strategies. Presents the operational assumptions governing the National Coalition-Building Institute's training programs, the theory and methodology of its prejudice reduction model, and a process for…

Presents a theoretical framework suggesting ways to design peer intervention programs and group existing programs. Suggests criteria for effective racial awareness programs, discussing examples of successful college prejudice activities. Notes diversity education efforts are most successful when based on a theoretical model that recognizes the…

Although little research is available on the evaluation of peer intervention programs, several strategies and approaches can be used by educators to determine the effectiveness of prejudice reduction efforts. Presents a sample program evaluation. Notes the importance of a clear theoretical framework and understanding of the factors to be examined…

Defines learning disability (LD) and reviews the characteristics of LD students. Addresses topics raised by the provision of access to LD students, including identification, admissions, and academic accommodations. Concludes with an examination of policy implications for student services personnel and with recommendations for the future. (RJM)