Major barriers to equal access of minority and disadvantaged students to higher education are considered in eight papers and five responses from the 1982 Wingspread Conference on Postsecondary Programs for the Disadvantaged. Included is a policy statement from the conference that covers: quality education for all, the interrelatedness of education at different levels, the underrepresentation of minorities in important career areas and proposed governmental actions to combat the problem, successful strategies for postsecondary opportunity programs, and political action. Paper titles, authors, and respondents are as follows: "Barriers to Higher Education Revisited" (author George H. Hanford) "The Social and Ethical Context of Special Programs" (author Edmund W. Gordon, respondent Frederick S. Humphries); "The Role of Government and the Private Sector" (author James M. Rosser, respondent Stephen H. Adolphus); "The Connection between Postsecondary Programs for the Disadvantaged and Elementary and Secondary Schools" (author Barbara A. Sizemore, respondent Alex C. Sherriffs); "The Connection between Postsecondary Programs for Hispanics and Elementary and Secondary Schools" (author Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr.); "New Populations/New Arrangements" (author Michael A. Olivas, respondent Alfred L. Moye); "Minorities in Higher Education" (author Alexander W. Astin, respondent Kenneth H. Ashworth); and "The Conference Process: The Human Dimension" (Donald M. Henderson). A list of conference participants is included. (SW)