The dissemination of research findings concerning postsecondary education governance and finance is considered in the proceedings of a 1986 conference sponsored by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance. Included are four commissioned papers, a background paper, a paper reviewing the role of effectiveness, and an overview of participant reaction to these papers. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "Planning for Research Use in Postsecondary Governance and Finance" (Ward S. Mason); "On Learning To Add" (William N. Dunn); "Effective Dissemination in a National Education Research Center" (John H. Hollifield); "Meshing the Gears: Reporting on Higher Education in America" (Mike Bowler); "The Consensus Development Conferences of the National Institutes of Health as a Model for Education and Other Fields" (Ronald G. Havelock); and "Dissemination, Communication Effects and Organizational Effectiveness" (Kathryn Theus). Included is a framework for disseminating policy research that includes policy analysis, technical communication, and public information. Mr. Hollifield's paper describes dissemination activities of The Johns Hopkins Center for Effective Elementary and Middle Schools. (SW)