This is the report of the 1967 Conference of the Western Association of Graduate Schools. The first general session of the meeting dealt with the plight of the graduate dean and his lack of power in the graduate school. The second general session offered information concerning recent institutional research on graduate education including evaluative studies by students of the graduate curricula. The third session was concerned with administrative aids such as computer information systems, and the fourth general session addressed the topic of special problems for research on graduate education. The fifth session was a business meeting at which new officers were elected and various recommendations made, and the final session dealt with financial aid to graduate education. (HS)