The 1984-1985 annual report of the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel is presented. Reports by the Chairman and Director-General note budgetary developments, including increased government allocation to higher education; the imposition of an additional, temporary tuition charge; and the award of new professional academic degrees. The main activities of the Committee and its subcommittees during 1984-1985 are identified, and major developments in the following institutions are summarized: the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology); Tel-Aviv University; Bar-Ilan University; the University of Haifa; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; the Weizmann Institute of Science; Everyman's (Open) University; Bezalel (the Academy of Arts and Design); the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance; Jerusalem College of Technology; Shenkar (College of Textile Technology and Fashion); and the regional colleges. Appendices provide information on: academic subjects and new university units; students in universities, 1969-1985; students in nonuniversity institutions of higher education, 1982-1985; university and nonuniversity degree recipients; university and nonuniversity staff; university and nonuniversity budgets; the development budget; research grants; and foreign students. (SW)