A fact book about 260 New England colleges, universities, and postsecondary institutes presents addresses and telephone numbers, tuition and fees, room and board charges, levels of offerings, application deadlines, admission requirements, and enrollments. Summary tables, charts, and graphs describe the institutions on a state-by-state basis. Information is presented on where to apply for financial aid, including scholarship and loan programs, as well as veterans' benefits, and additional sources of information. Data on the following states are included: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Charts are presented that summarize numerical data reported for each degree-granting institution. The following tables are included: range of tuition and fees by state, 1978-79; range of room and board costs by state, 1978-79; types of institutions by state, 1978; total enrollment in degree-granting institutions, 1977; undergraduate enrollment, 1977; graduate and first-professional enrollment, 1977; non-degree enrollment, 1977; distribution of public enrollment by state, fall 1977; and distribution of private enrollment by state, 1977. (SW)