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The Task Force reviewed literature relating to coordination and governance of higher education; identified methods used by the 50 states to secure state-wide coordination; developed criteria for evaluating these methods; and used these criteria in conducting 9 case studies. Recommendations for Missouri include the development of a coordinating agency based on a combination of the advisory agency and regulatory system models. This combination can preserve institutional autonomy and diversity while bringing about meaningful coordination among the programs of the separate institutions. (Author/CS) cz) THE REPORT TO THE PRESIDENTLil OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI from th