In addition to opening remarks and a presentation on graduate education as a national resource, presentations are included on: the uses and limitations of dimensions of quality study; assessment of quality in master's degree programs; the graduate school in the university administration structure; creativity in graduate education; the uses of graduate student support funds; problems in the delivery of field-based programs; applications and limitations of Gradcost procedures; the changing role and scope of graduate school accreditation; the business meeting; the part-time graduate student; research administration issues for graduate deans; probing the master's degree; employment opportunities for Ph.D.'s in the social sciences and humanities; education and excellence; and the council's report on the Graduate Record Examination Board 1977-78 survey of graduate enrollment. The constitution and list of member institutions are also included. (MSE)