This document contains papers presented at a conference addressing the direction for the institutional research profession in the 1990s. Papers are as follows: "Reassessing Admission Policies at Public Universities: Cognitive vs. Non-Cognitive Predictors of 'Academic Success'" (Marios H. Agrotes); "Accommodating Team Member Cognitive Styles" (Brenda L. Bailey); "Anticipated Academic and Personal Concerns of Students Prior to Transferring to a Four-Year Institution: An Initial Report" (Paul F. Bauer, Karen W. Bauer); "Evaluating Institutional Efforts to Compensate Faculty" (Scott Bodfish); "Student Intention and Retention in a Community College Setting" (Glynis Daniels); "Patterns and Predictors of Persistence in Undergraduate Majors" (Anne Marie Delaney); "Financing Undergraduate Education: Variations in Sources and Levels of Debt among Student Segments" (Anne Marie Delaney); "Assessing an Alumni Reunion Program" (Rose Bacmanski, Mark A. Eckstein); "Recruitment in the 1990's: An Empirical Investigation on the Impact of 'Message' on the Enrollment Decision Process" (David J. Costello, Kathleen Dawley); "Public Versus Private Education: The Perception of Value and the College-Choice Decision" (David J. Costello, Suzanne Szydlik, Linda Phelan); "Who are the Adult Learners in College Today and What Can We Do To Make Their Stay More Palatable?" (Denise M. Hart); "Identifying the Career Planning Needs of Community College Students: Undecided vs. Indecisive Students" (Kathleen Keenan); "A Comparison of Exit and Retrospective Surveys" (Margaret E. Madden, David Weir);"Developing Measures of Academic and Administrative Productivity During a Time of Budget Recision" (Michael F. Middaugh, Herbert M. Turner III); "The Role of Institutional Research in Developing a Campus Affirmative Action Plan," and "The Nature and Scope of Institutional Research: The Changing Face of the IR Profession" (Michael F. Middaugh); "Cultivating the Loyalty of Young Alumni to Their Alma Mater: The Success of the Cornell Tradition Program" (Yuko Mulugetta and others); "The Top of the Funnel: An Initial Analysis of an Inquiry Population" (Marian F. Pagano, Dawn Geronimo Terkla); "The Use of Structured Interviews in a Qualitative Study of Admissions Publications" (Jane Anderson Price); "A Framework for Systematic Budget Analysis" (Linda A. Suskie); "Forecasting Enrollment in a Period of Institutional Transition" (Stephen W. Thorpe); "Creating a Sense of Need for an Institutional Research Office" (David R. Weir, Jr., Margaret E. Madden, James R. Swanson, Sr.); "Why So Few Science Graduates? An Investigation of Enrollments in Undergraduate Science Programs" (Jennifer Wilton); "Advantages of Inter-Institutional Cooperation" (Carol L. Wurster); and "Experiences Associated with the Growth and Satisfaction Reported by Graduating Seniors" (J. Fredericks Volkwein, Debra D. Woods). (GLR)