As indicated in the original project application to the United States Office of Education, this report seeks mainly to analyze and clarify the current state of adult basic educational guidance and counseling in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Statistics appear on (1) numbers of potential and actual students in the five states, male and female students, participation by age groups, and attrition; (2) full-time, part-time, and day and evening facilities, with classes per state, average numbers of classes per center, rural and urban centers, and class sizes; (3) full-time and part-time teachers, with age, sex, education, experience in adult basic education, and attrition rates; and (4) the guidance functions of teachers, administrators, supervisors, counselors, and outside agencies for individual states and throughout the region. Implications and state by state program summaries are presented, together with the original state reports. The document also includes 22 tables. (ly)