The monograph presents 16 issue papers prepared by the California Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education. Papers have the following titles: "Access to Postsecondary Education in California"; "Financing Postsecondary Education in California"; "Graduate Education and Research in California Postsecondary Educational Institutions"; "Coordinating California's Systems of Higher and Lower Education"; "Retention in California Postsecondary Educational Institutions"; "Faculty Resources in California Postsecondary Educational Institutions"; "Budgeting State Support for California Public Postsecondary Education"; "Vocational Education and Training in California"; "Governance of California Postsecondary Education"; "Interdistrict Attendance among the California Community Colleges"; "Undergraduate Education in California Postsecondary Educational Institutions"; "State-Supported Noncredit Instruction in the Community Colleges"; "Adult Literacy and Postsecondary Education in California"; "Continuing Education in California's Four-Year Colleges and Universities"; "The New Instructional Technologies in California Postsecondary Educational Institutions"; and "Accreditation and Licensure of California Postsecondary Educational Institutions." References accompany most papers. Appended are the minutes of Commission meetings and Commissioner comments and dissents. (DB)