that initial organization and development of child care programs is the responsibility of the users. Approximately 94% of all day care services are under the guidance of either a parent co-operative group or a board of community members. Nearly 77% of all services are open only to members of the university community and, of these, almost half require parental involvement in the operation and administration of the program.

that child care issues are not widely recognized by any university constituent group nor are they accepted as suitable activities for the attention and resources of those groups. Of the 47 programs reported, one was administered by the university administration; one by a student organization; and one by a faculty group.

that there is strong preference to have programs continue under parental control, to have continuing access to provincial subsidies, and to have licensing and regulating activities remain under the control of the various provinces. The question as to who funds what and the quality and level of control which accrues to the funding agency, is one which needs to be resolved without jeopardizing these preferences. The report recommends that this be done by setting up advisory committees which would include representatives from all constituent and interest groups and which would have the task of developing policy and long-range plans. Such plans would assist parent or community boards with daily administration and would provide guidance to university administrations for planning of physical facilities and developing funding policies

that child care is generally dealt with on an ad hoc, crisis-oriented basis rather than as a growth and stability-oriented concern. This results in a general lack of long-range planning by the university administration.

that the continuing success of university-related child care programs comes down to the personalities in the centre and to the energy and determination of the current users. This group tends to change from year to year resulting in discontinuity in the leadership and lack of long-range planning by the user group.

that lab schools present a unique problem in that such child care services are generally controlled by the faculty rather than the parents, and they are eligible for research and development funds which are not available to regular child care services.

that most universities have no idea of the need for day care services because they do not bother to collect demographic data for either short or long-range purposes. Such data can be collected at registration. Further data are currently stored as unrelated bits of information in the computers of Statistics Canada. Collecting and collating these data requires computer and manpower time as well as specific policies to give impetus to the inquiry.