The purpose of this report is to provide a common framework within which Ohio's public institutions of higher education can perform their existing planning, programming, and budgeting functions. The purposes, organization, and outputs of higher education are discussed in the first 3 sections. Purposes include: instructional objectives, research, public service, auxiliary services to students, and student financial assistance. Organization for utilization of resources may involve 3 levels of management: operations, program, and enterprise management. The outputs can be determined in ways appropriate to the particular category of effort undertaken and services provided. The next 2 sections discuss: (1) planning the objectives of higher education which requires following a set number of procedures; and (2) programming the output of higher education, including instructional programming, programming for the Associate Degree, the BA degree, graduate professional instruction, graduate instruction, research, public service, auxiliary services, and student aid. The last 4 sections deal with: (1) budgeting the inputs for current operations; (2) planning capital improvements; (3) programming capital improvements; and (4) implementing the system. (AF)