The University Self Study 1987-1988 Report of the Steering Committee to the Commission on Colleges Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia -- February 1988 Copyright (c) 1988 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University All Rights Reserved DRAFT COPY Note: The files used for browsing and searching this book have been provided prior to final editing, typesetting, and printing and are in some cases still being extended and revised. It is our hope that a later copy of this book will be included in a future Virginia Disc, and that a hypertext version for the Macintosh will also be made available at that time. - E. A. Fox