The articles in this collection focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Topics of the 28 articles include the following: (1) a reassessment of the state of learning assistance; (2) a reaffirmation of the role of developmental instructors; (3) human brain research, cognitive development, and adult learning; (4) mapping learning styles in the classroom; (5) reducing student writing anxiety; (6) notetaking techniques for deaf college students; (7) improving student performance through questioning techniques; (8) sharing in the learning lab; (9) perceptions of the reading process and levels of reading achievement; (10) the effects of computer assisted instruction in a community college; (11) schema instantiation and its effect on comprehension and recall of adult proficient and nonproficient readers; (12) choosing appropriate parameters of tutor intervention in student writing; (13) a solution to the problem of student athletes and literacy; (14) integrating study skills into content courses; (15) a paradigm for content mastery; (16) specific vocabulary needs of the disciplines; (17) survival skills in a community college; (18) training students to use the SQ3R method; (19) learning center courses in reading, writing, and time management for faculty and staff; (20) suggestions for evaluation of learning assistance; and (21) the need for volunteers in the learning assistance program. (HTH)