Suggests the salience of the "commuter perspective" attitude toward higher education, since the majority of students commute. Advocacy is urged to overcome the historical and predominantly exclusive residential perspective. The role of the commuter advocate is delineated, and necessary skills defined. Services, facilities and issues of equal…

Diversity is welcomed at the Jefferson Davis Campus, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, where the commuting students include teenagers, retired military personnel, displaced homemakers, the foreign-born, blacks, the full-time employed, and senior citizens. The students are counseled to take a reading and study skills class if their reading…