Information on postsecondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia is organized in four main parts: (1) narrative description of the state-level coordinating or governing agency, institutional governing boards, current master planning activities, the 1202 commission, state student assistance agency or agencies, state board of vocational education, state-level organization for private colleges, state licensure or approval agencies, committees for articulation between elementary-secondary and postsecondary education, statutory advisory committees, and nongovernmental public/private college organizations; (2) descriptive statistics including 1974-75 information about state population and trends, state and local finance base, state and local governmental spending on higher education and in general, student demand, institutional program mix, faculty support and load, diversity of funding sources, and student tuition and fees; (3) annual and biennial reports available and recent special reports and studies; and (4) special reports and studies currently underway or planned. (Editor/MSE)