The published proceedings of this conference focus on basic issues in the area of institutional research and are limited to those papers presented during the general seminars. Topics discussed were: "A Conceptual Framework for Institutional Research: Three Points of View" (Samuel Baskin; Stuart Grout; Robert E. Hubbard); "The Role of Institutional Research in the Formation of Policy" (Eldridge Scales; Vernon Hendrix; Lois Torrence); "The Role of Institutional Research in the Implementation of Policy" (D. Gordon Tyndall; Carl E. Wedekind); "The Role of Institutional Research in the Evaluation of Policy" (Charles E. Howell; Everett H. Hopkins; James R. Montgomery); "The Role of Institutional Research in the Administrative Process" (James I. Doi); and "New Techniques in Institutional Research" (G. Truman Hunter; Vernon Hendrix; Al Cavanaugh; Joe Saupe; Keith Smith). (CK)