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For years, researchers have forecast the increasing diversification of students in higher education as a result of changing demographics and a variety of other social and economic shifts. The diverse elements of today's student body include differing age, gender, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and increasing numbers of differently able and part-time students. The issues facing higher education fundamentally relate to the capacity of institutions to function in a pluralistic environment. After an executive summary and introduction, six sections cover the following topics: (1) the status of diversity (enrollment, retention, and the campus environment); (2) the role of student characteristics; (3) the challenge of involvement (theories of involvement, cultural pluralism, intergroup relations, and demography); (4) institutional responses to diversity (approaches of successful institutions and implications); (5) organizing for diversity (diversification of faculty and staff, mission and