The commission recommended: (1) establishment by the General Assembly of a Board of Regents; (2) number and terms of Board members; (3) setting the Regent's duties as (a) setting policy for public higher education, (b) making long-range plans in coordination with private schools, (c) approving new schools and major changes of policy, (d) coordinating budget and accounting procedures, (e) handling federal funds, (f) appointing a Chancellor for administration, planning, and research, (g) setting up advisory councils and commissions; (4) development of comprehensive colleges with local control; (5) appointment of an Advisory Council on Education for the Health Professions; (6) retaining the Clinical Teaching Center Program in the Health Professions; (7) conversion of regional state university campuses to autonomous institutions; (8) accountability to the Regents of all expenditures; (9) Regents control of federal funds for vocational/technical training; (10) transfer to the Regents of the Advisory Commission on Academic Facilities; (11) transfer of the duties of the Medical Education Board to the Regents; (12) placing the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System under the Regents; (13) transfer of duties of the Indiana Educational Services Foundation to the Regents; (14) ex-officio representation by the Regents on the Indiana Education Council; (15) expansion of the scholarship program; (16) cooperation with the Civil Rights Commission; (17) appointing a lay committee on Private higher education. (HH)