Comparative information on higher education in the southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) compiled by the Southern Regional Education Board is presented. The report is divided into the following seven sections (with sample subtopics in parentheses): revenue and expenditures (tuition and fees, state appropriations, expenditures for educational operations, instruction); state appropriations (increase in operating expenses); tuition and fees (for resident and non-resident, at each level); facultv compensation (average full-time salaries, at each level, faculty benefits, salary differences among disciplines); enrollment (full-time enrollment, at each level); appropriations per student (in senior and junior public institutions); and programs and degrees (by level, by field, in the U.S. and SREB states). (PHR)