Designed as a channel for communication among City University of New York faculty regarding initiatives to reduce attrition and promote student success, this publication contains articles on student development, counseling and student services, and academic support. Following an introduction by Anthony F. Russo, the following articles are presented: (1) "Accommodating Cultural and Ethnic Difference in Counseling: A Training Note," by Samuel D. Johnson, Jr.; (2) "Early Attrition Project," by Otis Hill, which describes a counseling intervention tested at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) with students who had missed three consecutive class sessions; (3) "The LaGuardia Mentoring Project: Faculty and Staff as Voluntary Mentors To Increase Student Persistence among High Risk Freshmen," by Jon Saul and Joseph Sclafani; (4) "Student to Student Approach to Retention," by Marilyn Chernin and Angelo D. Pappagallo, which describes a KCC program in which freshmen in remedial English classes were visited by student leaders to encourage their participation in campus-wide student activities; (5) "New Start: A Program for Students Dismissed from Senior Colleges," by Anne Winchell; (6) "ESL Academic Support Center," by Isabella Caruso, which highlights the academic advisement services, informality, team approach, departmental outreach, and newsletter of KCC's ESL Academic Support Center; and (7) "The Battle between ESL Instruction and Bilingual Education," a commentary by Richard Graf. An introductory statement about the journal by Anthony F. Russo is also provided (AYC)