This collection of 17 readings presents research on college students grouped into sections on getting to college, the college environment, the developmental experience, and general reflections. Titles and authors are: (1) "Population Trends, Socioeconomic Status, and Geographic Distribution" (B. Astone and E. Nunez-Wormack); (2) "Understanding Student College Choice" (Don Hossler and others); (3) "The Transition to College: Diverse Students, Diverse Stories" (Patrick T. Terenzini and others); (4) "Studying College Impact" (A. Astin); (5) "The Fulfillment of Promise: Minority Valedictorians and Salutatorians" (Karen D. Arnold); (6) "In Their Own Words: What Students Learn outside the Classroom" (George D. Kuh); (7) "Latino Students' Sense of Belonging In the College Community: Rethinking the Concept of Integration on Campus" (Sylvia Hurtado and Deborah Faye Cater); (8) "A Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Undergraduate Student Attrition" (John P. Bean and Barbara S. Metzner); (9) "Testing Qualitative Indicators of Precollege Factors in Tinto's Attrition Model: A Community College Student Population" (Amaury Nora and others); (10) "Trout Fishing in Catfish Ponds" (Michael A. Olivas); (11) "Key Influences on Student Development" (Arthur Chickering and Linda Reisser); (12) "Identity Development in a Pluralistic Society" (Harold E. Cheatham); (13) "Incorporating the Development of African-American Students Into Psychosocial Theories of Student Development" (Marylu K. McEwen and others); (14) "The Development of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identities" (Heidi Levine and Nancy J. Evans); (15) "How College Makes a Difference: A Summary" (E. T. Pascarella and P. T. Terenzini); (16) "College Outcomes and Student Development: Filling the Gaps" (Frances K. Stage); and (17) "An Anthropological Analysis of Student Participation in College" (William G. Tierney). (Individual chapters contain references.) (JLS)