This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Papers also address the question of how the college classroom is changing and with what degree of success. Titles include: (1) "Implementing Technology in the Higher Education Classroom: Using Self-Directed Learning and Learning Contracts" (Sharon J. Confessore and Shauna C. Grovell); (2) "Teacher Immediacy Behaviors and Student Motivation in the Distance Learning Environment" (James Cunningham and Mary McLemore); (3) "Four Teaching Roles: Enriching Great Teachers" (J'Anne Ellsworth); (4) "Changing the Instructional Environment to Enhance Learning" (Sandra L. Gilchrist); (5) "Mathematical Biology--A Course Using Computer-Aided Instruction" (Thomas J. Herbert); (6) "Teaching an Introductory Programming Course Using Advance Organizers as Learning Aids" (Larry M. Holt); (7) "Enhancing Learning Through Team Work in Information Processing" (Shirley A. Hudson); (8) "Designing Multi-Site Interactive Video Seminars: Experimental Instructional Models Demonstrated" (Otolorin Jones and David L. Elliott); (9) "Teaching Faculty How to Hunt the Internet Treasures" (Kimball B. Kendall and Judith A. Rice); (10) "Going On-Line: Computerized Courses for Distant Learners" (Kathleen King); (11) "Teaching Non-Science Students Computer Science and Technology: Is This Is Old News, Why Aren't We Doing Something About It?" (P.A. Kuntz, et al.); (12) "Reality: Learning Through Community Based Projects" (Leslie H. Lightbourne and Frank M. Bosworth); (13) "Integrating the Electronic Desktop into the Science Curriculum" (Gary A. Novak and Robert A. Desharnais); (14) "A Teaching Scholars Program to Develop Problem-Solving Molecular Biology Experiments" (Herbert B. Posner and Thomas P. O'Brien); (15) "Classroom Mapping: A Reflective Tool for Thinking About Classroom Technology" (Landra L. Rezabek and Deborah M. Floyd); (16) "Assessment on the Move" (Nick Rushby); (17) "Teaching to Enhance Creativity--Basic Concepts" (Dorothy A. Sisk); (18) "The Global Connection Classroom Project" (David E. Smith and Steven L. Yamshon). (Most papers contain references.) (CH)