A precursor of this report was a report titled INSTITUTIONAL MECHANICS AND THE GREAT UNIVERSITY, which Warfield wrote in 1981 while at University of Virginia. This report is part of the series: Education Papers by Warfield (1999, not 1996 version) In addition to the Wordperfect file (edw068) done by Warfield, this manuscript is in MICROSOFT WORD, retyped by Bonnie Seitz. There are 179 pages in the MICROSOFT WORD version, which is in filename: wandwaver.doc.

This paper was prepared in early 1996 as a presentation to Dr. Alan G. Merten, incoming George Mason University president, who was to assume his official duties at GMU on 1 July 1996. Warfield wrote the paper at the invitation of Professor Edgar H. Sibley of George Mason University, who had been serving as a go-between for the new president and various faculty members. Warfield's nearly-completed draft was given to Professor Sibley on 21 June 1996. There were a few typos in this first issue which was only three copies, one for Sibley, one for the new president and one for Warfield's office copy. On the following Monday, 24 June A COMPLETED DRAFT WAS PRINTED, OF ABOUT 20 COPIES, WHICH WERE HELD FOR DISTRIBUTION TO INTERESTED PARTIES. Later on, in summer or fall of 1997, Warfield's web page got started, and he placed this entire document on the web page for anyone who wanted to read or copy it. The website url is: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/t-iasis/wandwaver/wandw.htm The paper including front matter and end page is a 121-page spiral-bound (or tape-bound) report. It consists of an abstract, followed by an eleven-page precis of Warfield's thoughts on present and future university educational policies, in which he develops the ideas of earlier philosophers and educators and brings these ideas to bear on modern concepts of higher education. The report ends with a series of 25 Appendices. These appendices include previously written works by Warfield; some are complete papers and some are excerpted from his books or longer works. All of the appendices are included in the single WordPerfect file (edw068.wpd), except for the three INTELLIDRAW files, which were printed separately.

The following is a list of contents for this volume: pp. 1-11. The Wandwaver Solution.; Pp. 12,13. "Contributions of the Colleagues of Inheritance"; pp. 14,15. Contributions of the "Active Colleagues"; pp. 16-38. Four Books that Summarize the Scientific Basis (biw33); pp. 39-43. Wandwaver Intellectual Resources; pp. 44,45. The Ralph Barton Perry Model of Education; pp. 46-55. The Harold Lasswell Model of Design, Decision, and Learning (DDL) Environments; pp. 56, 57. Partial Organization Chart for the Great University (transparency)(INTELLIDRAW GRAPHIC must be printed separately, filename: edi05.idw); pp. 58-60. Key Attributes of the Great University (transparency) (edw21); pp. 61-64. Seven Ways to Portray Complexity (contents & abstract only) (cow48); pp. 65-67. The University Observatorium; pp. 68-72. The Horizons College (a set of transparencies) (edw25, edw22,edw23,edw24); pp. 73-81. The Demosophia Design Environment ( first seven pages of imw18); pp. 82,83. Some Relevant Prior Educational Outcomes; pp. 84,85. Eight Criteria for Involving Situational Complexity in Higher Education; pp. 86-89. The Study of Complexity; pp. 90-93. The Great University in Action; pp. 94-98. Announcing a New (Informal) Publication: Education Writings by Warfield(1968-1996); pp. 99,100. Potential Obstacles to Marketing the Wandwaver Solution to Universities; pp. 101,102. The Wandwaver Solution (transparency); pp. 103,104. The Wandwaver Programs (transparency); pp. 105,106. The Wandwaver Challenges (transparency); pp. 107,108. Demands of Complexity on Higher Education (transparency) (edw10); pp. 109,110. The Linked Triad of Objectives Awaiting Integration (INTELLIDRAW graphic MUST BE PRINTED SEPARATELY, FILENAME edi02.idw); pp. 111,112. Three Principal Educational Operating Units of the Great University (INTELLIDRAW graphic must be printed separately, filename: edi01.idw) (transparency); pp. 113-121. Biosketches of Key Individuals. Warfield's computer inventory filename for this volume was edw68.rpt, I have located a few other Appendix files, some of them have different captions than formerly, but if I was sure they were the same material I put the computer INVN filename beside the appendix title and page number given above.

NOTE: IN 1998 Warfield included a discussion of the Wandwaver Solution as part of his series of Johnson Center Complexity Lectures, it was Lecture Number 12 of the series, the final lecture delivered 14 Dec. 1998. In his Complexity lecture he used a couple of figure pages from the 1996 report, in handout materials to the audience, and also gave each member of the audience a copy of the complete 120 page 1996 Wandwaver Report. 

R.w., most of this annotation was created in 1999, with edits and updates May 2012.