Conference speakers addressed four themes: (1) higher education in transition (2) access to education; (3) structure; and (4) the future system of higher education. In the first session, addresses were: higher education in transition (Shigeto Tsuru); and ice age or new horizons (Clark Kerr). In the second session, they were: access versus admission (Isao Amagi); and access to mass higher education (Torsten Husen). The third session's addresses were: the European structure of higher education (Henri Janne); and strains in the growing structure (Michiya Shimbori). The concluding session was a discussion of the previous topics, with Toshiya Abe and Harlan Cleveland as rapporteurs, and summaries are given. (MSE)