This series of seven issues of this publication explores California's educational equity policies, programs, and practices. Each of the first six issues includes one major article and a fact sheet; the final issue updates the series and presents a set of options for the state's consideration. Titles of the first six issues are: (1) "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: The Reality of the California of Today"; (2) "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: A Vision of the California of Tomorrow"; (3) "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: The Role of Education in Creating the Commission's Vision of the California of Tomorrow"; (4) "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: Schools as a Resource in Realizing the Commission's Vision of the California of Tomorrow"; (5) "Enrolling a Student Body: The Changing College Admissions Process in the 1990s"; and (6) "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: The Collegiate Experience". The concluding issue is titled "Toward a Greater Understanding of the State's Educational Equity Policies, Programs, and Practices: The Commission's Recommendations." The six fact sheets summarize data in text and tables on the following topics: California's changing demography; effects of trends in population and changing economic conditions on demand for postsecondary education; benefits of education; equal access to education; data on first-time freshmen (fall 1996); and data on faculty, staff, students, and degree completion. (DB)