This document contains the proceedings of the 1973 Speech Communication Association Summer Conference. Held to expand the impact of the 1972 Airlie Conference, which considered long-range goals and priorities for the Association and the profession, the summer conference emphasized education priorities, research priorities, and future priorities. Included here are major addresses by Neil Postman, who discusses media ecology and its role in communication education, and L. S. Harms, who discusses "The Communication Rights of Mankind: Present and Future." Division Groups discuss such topics as Communication in the Secondary School Language Arts Curricula, and New Thrusts in Departmental Organization and the Preparation of Teachers. Appendixes cover the following topics: Commissioned Stimulus Statements on Competency-Based Teacher Education; Commissioned Stimulus Statements on Communication in Secondary School Language Arts Curricula; and Commissioned Stimulus Statements on Implications of University Reorganization of Speech Departments for the Preparation of Secondary Communication Teachers. A prepared list of materials and bibliographies on future communication technologies is also included. (SW)