Papers concerning higher education planning and management in the 1980s that were contributed to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems competition for the Planning and Financing Program are presented. The papers, submitted by administrators, researchers, and a student, are as follows: "Faculty Reallocation: Plattsburgh State as a Case Study," (Joseph C. Burke); "Managerial Styles in University Budget Planning" (Timothy J. Delmont); "The Utilization and Financial Characteristics of Tax-Exempt Auxiliary Corporations Affiliated with the Major Public Universities in the United States" (Robert W. Gaily); "An Identification of College and University Peer Groups" (Paul E. Lingenfelter and James E. Elsass); "Evaluating College Campus Closings for the 1980s: A Case Application of an Optimization Model" (Stephen A. Hoenack and Janet K. Roemer); "Fear and Loathing Over Competition in Postsecondary Education" (L. R. Jones); "The Impact of Circular A-21 on Property Control Systems of the One Hundred Institutions Leading in Federal Sponsored Research" (Meredith Snapp and John D. Porter); "Information Systems for State-Level Decisions and the Budget" (Fred Thompson); "Indexing Tuition to Cost of Education: Implications for State Policy" (Dennis W. Viehland, Norman S. Kaufman, and Darbara M. Krauth); and "Program Review and the Enrollment Crisis" (Kenneth C. Green). (SW)