Reported are the proceedings of a three-week conference for special education administrators working with educational programs for the institutionalized mentally handicapped. Conference papers included are: The Role of a Residential Facility in Modern Society, by Robert Dentler; The Present Nature of Residential Populations, by Harvey Dingman; Multidimensional Problems of Administration in a Residential Setting, by Harvey Stevens; and The Current Status of Education in Residential Centers in the U.S. by Wesley White. Also presented are The Educational Roles of a Residential Center, by David Rosen; Assessment and Placement, by Margaret Jo Shepherd; Administrative Implications for Education at Various Ability Levels, by Robert Erdman; Resources for Implementing the Administrative Model, by Philip Roos; and An Administrative Model for the Residential Setting - An Application of Open System Theory, by Arthur Lewis. Appended are a summary of group problems, reactions to problem solving, and a list of conference participants. (KW)