Plans for the University of Nevada System for 1985-1989 are examined, with attention to: campus academic priorities, campus budget and capital construction needs, financial issues, academic standards and quality education, high technology and economic issues, and institutional characteristics. Included are 10 financial and 11 academic planning guidelines. Academic issues include: new admissions standards, the Regents' Scholar Program, a new statewide core of general education courses, developmental education (remedial or basic skills programs), statewide procedures for placement in English courses, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Regional Graduate Program, and a statewide course transfer guide. Information is also provided on: statewide plans for technical and engineering education; academic computing; and enrollment trends and degrees and certificates awarded by system campuses during the early 1980s. A chart shows degrees offered by level and field for each campus. System institutions are: University of Nevada campuses at Las Vegas and Reno, Clark County Community College, Northern Nevada Community College, Truckee Meadows Community College, Western Nevada Community College, and the Desert Research Institute.