Proceedings include: the keynote address (John Ellis); themes and questions on accreditation and institutional eligibility (David A. Trivett); the task force on futuristic Office of Education criteria for recognition (Samuel P. Martin); possible accreditation agency uses of the products of the Office of Education project on improving the consumer protection function in postsecondary education (Stephen M. Jung); improving the quality of education, developing the accreditation component (Samuel Hope); private accreditation, responsibilities of professional accreditation (Thomas J. Ginley); establishing a collegial, non-tension, working relationship (Gordon W. Sweet); the great probity debate (Thurston E. Manning); representation of public concerns (Jesse Ziegler); confidentiality and accreditation (Louis Heilbron); and syntheses (Carol Elkins, N. Edd Miller, Frank A. Tredinnick). (MSE)