Editor's notes / Frankie Santos Laanan -- Lessons learned: achieving institutional change in support of students in transition / Mary Stuart Hunter -- Beyond demographics: Understanding the college experience through television / Barbara F. Tobolowsky -- Promoting new-student success: assessing academic development and achievement among first-year students / Jennifer R. Keup -- Who will we serve in the future? The new student in transition / Jaime Lester -- International students in transition: changes in access to U.S. higher education / Soko S. Starobin -- Adult learners in transition / Jonathan I. Compton, Elizabeth Cox, Frankie Santos Laanan -- Increasing retention and success of students of color at research-extensive universities / Steven R. Aragon, Mario Rios Perez -- Forced transitions: the impact of natural disasters and other events on college students / John H. Schuh, Frankie Santos Laanan.