The state of higher education in Nevada is addressed in 14 papers presented in the "Nevada Public Affairs Review." In addition to considering past, present, and future trends in higher education, comparisons are made to higher education in other states, and the university and community college segments are examined. Contents are as follows: "Nevada Higher Education and the Carnegie Report" (John P. Marschall and Robert L. Johnson); "The State of the University: UNR in 1980" (Joseph N. Crowley); "Strategies for the Eighties: Undergraduate Education for Tomorrow's Leaders" (Richard O. Davies); "Graduate Education in Nevada" (R. D. Burkhart); "The Crisis in Values: Report of a UNR Conference" (James W. Hulse); "A History of the Community College Movement in Nevada" (John A. Caserta); "The Future of Community College Education in Nevada" (Judith S. Eaton); "The Comprehensive Community College" (James Eardley); "WICHE and Professional Education in Nevada" (Don W. Driggs); "Computers in Higher Education: The Next Decade in Nevada" (Allen H. Brady); "Educational Telecommunications in Continuing Education" (Rovert E. Dickens); "The History of Budget Formula Development for Nevada Universities" (James T. Richardson and K. Donald Jessup); "Support for Higher Education in Nevada" (Owen Albert Knorr and Kari Coburn); "A Decade of Decline in Faculty Salaries" (Alfred W. Stoess); and "Higher Education Policy: A Bibliography" (Thomas Stauffer). (SW)