This document was prepared by the Office of Institutional Research in Fall 2002 to provide a summary of a study that was conducted in 1989. The original reports vary in length from ten to sixty-nine pages and consist of five Planning Background Reports as well as one Summary Report (Growth Alternatives). All reports pertaining to the 40-Year Study have been summarized into this document in an effort to bring out the purpose, methodology, and major findings of the study.