In one of a series of hearings held in communities around the nation on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear testimony from higher education administrators and others from the state of North Carolina. The witnesses addressed a full range of issues concerning higher education and the role of the reauthorization including education of the labor force, reform of student financial aid, postgraduate education, institutional aid, historically black colleges and universities, minority access to higher education, science education, single sex education, loan repayment, and simplification of the application processes. Among those appearing were two students from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina respectively, as well as administrative offices of St. Augustine's College, Duke University, Western Piedmont College, North Carolina State University, Barton College, and the North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Officials representing a Raleigh computer institute, Wake Community College, the University of North Carolina, Saint Mary's College, and Meredith College, as well as two representatives to Congress from North Carolina and representatives of North Carolina Central University, North Carolina System of Community Colleges, and Shaw University also tetified. The prepared statements of the witnesses and supplemental materials are included. (JB)