Information gathered about postsecondary education in Maine include: enrollment data for both public and private institutions; geographic distribution of out-of-state students; programs of study in public and private institutions for the academic year 1975-76; facilities inventory for public and private institutions; directory of administrative officers for postsecondary institutions, the Office of the Chancellor, and the Office of the Commissioner of Educational and Cultural Services; the proposal for the establishment of a uniform data bank and the development of alternative funding plans for postsecondary education, and the subsequent report; preliminaries and notes for the public hearing on the need for a permanent postsecondary education commission in Maine, and the legislation establishing the Post-Secondary Education Commission of Maine. (Author/MSE)