This speech concerns higher education in the 1980's and the role of the private institution. Emphasis is placed on: (1) the nature of the new period of change into which higher education must enter, (2) some of the impacts of this period on private institutions, and (3) solutions for the private institutions in the new period. (Author/MJM)

An agenda for the future of higher education that is especially appropriate for state- and institutional-level action is presented. One initiative that is important to the future of the country that can also be promoted at the federal level is improvement of the research capacity of U.S. universities. The following views are presented: the most…