The WICHE project on Extended Degree Programs aimed to contribute to the development of sound and successful extended degree programs as one segment of postsecondary education for adults. The conference had several basic goals: (1) to foster communication among persons involved in such programs throughout the region; (2) to propose varied solutions to operating problems; (3) to identify further service opportunities for such programs; (4) to consider the present and future of such programs; and (5) to identify future service roles that could be undertaken by WICHE or other western organizations. The proceedings presented in this report are edited texts of oral presentations. They include the following topics: redefining higher education; the big issues and challenges; analysis of selected programs operating in varied settings; discovering and meeting needs in serving people; state responsibility in extended degree programs; financing external degree programs; the role of extended degree programs in continuing education; and achieving and maintaining high quality of teaching services and student performance. (LBH)