The sixth edition of the "State Postsecondary Education Profiles Handbook" presents information about postsecondary education in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Part I offers a narrative description of the state-level coordinating or governing agency, institutional governing boards, current master planning activities, the 1202…

Information about postsecondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia is presented. The information includes descriptive statistics including 1977-78 information about the state population and trends, state and local financial base, state and local governmental spending, state and local spending on higher education, institutional…