This report, the first statewide master plan for postsecondary education in Alaska, outlines strategies and recommendations to achieve the following planning goals: (1) promote excellence to improve educational service; (2) enhance accountability of the educational process; (3) foster efficiency within the enterprise; and (4) improve access to those citizens who desire postsecondary education. Following an executive summary of goals and strategies, an introductory section traces the growth of postsecondary education in Alaska, discusses the dilemma of declining revenues, explains the master planning process and the goals of the master plan, and discusses the organization of the report. Chapter I explains the underlying assumptions about the planning period from 1986 to 1990, including rapid rates of population growth in selected areas, the continued availability of the Alaska Student Loan Program, increasing enrollments at the University of Alaska, declining state funding for education, and growth in the coal, mining, fishery, and tourism industries. Chapter II looks at the present state of postsecondary education in Alaska, identifying all existing institutions by type. Chapter III provides a brief overview and explanation of each goal of the master plan, and chapter IV presents the strategies for attaining each goal. (AYC)