The council believes that the state of Maryland must increase the level of its overall financial commitment to higher education. During the past year the council conducted studies on higher education in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region, the enhancement of the predominantly black institutions of higher education, reforming the budgets for higher education, faculty activity and workload, legal education, and veterinary medical education. This document reports on those studies. Also reviewed are council recommendations, 10-year higher education growth data, statistics, and council publications. (Author/KE)