The 1979 annual report of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is presented. Contents are as follows: changes in Commission membership, federally funded programs, South Carolina Postsecondary Education Planning Commission ("1202" Commission), program approvals, health and medical education, licensing nonpublic institutions, student financial assistance programs, higher education management information system, computer advisory committee, state appropriations for colleges and universities, capital improvements, summary of fiscal year 1978-79 expenditures of the Commission on Higher Education, and Commission publications. Statistical tables are appended. (SW)