Many small-shop alumni directors with no-frills budgets have found volunteer alumni help worth the organizing efforts. Some creative ways that colleges and universities have found to inspire new interest among the uninvolved are described. (MLW)

Brown University's Third World Alumni Activities Program is described. The program is designed to get alumni of African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American descent involved in alumni activities, student recruitment, and fund raising. (MLW)

Alumni directors were asked how they share career network responsibilities with the career office. Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Career Connections, a program that draws on alumni to help students plan their careers, consists of workshops for alumni and students, brings alumni speakers, and a mentor program. (MLW)

Predictions from alumni directors for alumni administration in the next decade include: need for new sources of revenue, changes in demographics that will require changes in program content, more time and money for continuing education programs, use of communication technology, liability insurance crisis, alumni associations run more like…

Training for new development officers is discussed in four articles: "Basic Training" (Lindy Keane Carter) for new employees; "Continuing Education" (Scott H. Levine); "Bringing Staff Around" at Harvard (Richard B. Boardman); and "Off to a Good Start" with performance evaluations (John E . Clewis, Janice I.…