This master plan for higher education in South Dakota addressed itself to several key areas: admissions, retentions and transfers, enrollment projections and building needs, governing structure, academic programs and role of each institution, financial aides, faculty salaries and benefits, and adult and technical education. Some major recommendations were: (1) Two of the state colleges should be closed, or if not closed, converted to junior colleges. Neither of the two institutions was closed but one was made a junior college and technical college branch of the University of South Dakota. (2) The Board approved a recommendation that there be a common course numbering system for all seven campuses and that college credit received by a student from one campus would be fully acceptable as comparable credit on any other state college or university campus within the state. (3) Arrangements also were made for a student who was enrolled on one campus to take courses on another without actually transferring. (4) The plan called for the creation of the Division of Continuing Education. (5) The number of courses with 10 or fewer students must be reduced. (6) All graduate programs must be rejustified to the Board. (Author/MJM)