Fifty years of planning in the Georgia statewide system of public higher education is reviewed. Based on planning completed by survey experts in 1933 and a 1940 re-study of conditions in the university system, recurrent themes were identified including the following: the geographic distribution of institutions and programs, the role of general education, and the preparation of public school teachers. A 1949 report that addressed these recurrent themes as well as institutional functions, postwar adjustments, and future financing, is discussed. Attention is also directed to: planning as ad hoc problem solving, a study of the state's need for nurses and other paramedical personnel, statewide planning in the 1960s, the Governor's Commission to Improve Education, the Regents Study of Community Colleges, a study of the appropriate role of each institution within the university system and the appropriate scope of its activities, the Governor's Committee on Postsecondary Education, the Second Governor's Committee, studies to assess progress being made toward state-level goals and objectives in postsecondary education, a study committee on finance, and the Regents Needs Assessment Study. Seven maps of state jurisdictions showing types of colleges within each geographic area are appended. (SW)