Information on institutional research, planning, and evaluation is provided in 15 conference presentations. The papers included in the collection are: (1) "The Nature of Institutional Research in the Community College (CC)" by James L. Wattenbarger; (2) "The Range and Organization of Data for Research" by Richard L. Alfred; (3) "Research Methods and Statistical Analyses for Developing Professionals in Institutional Research" by James W. Selgas; (4) "Some Practical Considerations in Analyzing and Interpreting Data" by Arthur N. Cherdack; (5) "Developing and Disseminating Research Reports" by Robert Gell; (6) "Management: Developing Issues and CC Research" by Nolen M. Ellison; (7) "Conceptualizing CC Research at the National Level" by John Lombardi; (8) "Developing Issues and CC Research" by Dorothy M. Knoell; (9) "The Case for Statewide Coordination of Institutional Research in the CC" by Ivan J. Lach; (10) "A User-Oriented Approach to Program Evaluation" by Lorraine Beitler; (11) "Management and Research: An Essential Partnership?" by Boris Blai; (12) "Institutional Research and Management: The Essential Partnership" by Cheryl Opacinch; (13) "An Organizational Perspective on Institutional Research in the Eighties" by Ervin Harlacher; and (14) "Identifying Institutional Research Needs" and (15) "Is Information Power?" by Leslie Myles. (AYC)