Papers are on the topics of: perspectives on the place of institutional research in policy, programs, and politics (William H. Faricy, Virginia P. Mitchell, Paul L. Kenepp, Dwight C. Smith, Jr., Wendell G. Lorang, Jr., Ronald H. Stein); assessment and management in higher education (Jerry W. Brown, J. Barton Luedeke, Adolph Katz, James J. McGovern); evaluating the evaluators (Larence Hoelcle, Boris Blai, Jr., H. William Coles); facilitating facilities planning (Loren Gould, Eric Brown); assessing outcomes (Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini, Judith Piesco, Lawrence Kojaku, Lou Genevie, Lawrence Podell, Paul Succop); planning and programming for faculty (Robert Lewis, Andrew T.Ford, Joseph J. Durzo); predicting and analyzing student attrition (David Nichols, Daniel L. Kegan, Susan Loveland, Barry Kaufman); planning and evaluating (James D. Tschechtelin, A.H. Kuntz, Richard L. Alfred); and formulating financial plans (Robert Grose). The keynote address is by Dorothy Goodwin. (MSE)