An increasingly serious national problem in science education is that of providing opportunities for physics teachers in colleges and universities to keep their knowledge of physics current and to overcome any deficiencies in their earlier education by further study at universities during the summer. The AAPT Committee on Institutes has completed an intensive series of surveys that reveal an interest among college physics teachers in summer study opportunities and an unsatisfied demand for them. This report contains a summary of these findings, the recommendations by the Committee to the various groups that are in a position to make summer study possible, and a statement of further action planned by the Committee.