Activities of the Alabama State Commission on Higher Education are described. Three sections discuss the following: (1) planning and coordination activities (unified budget recommendation, statewide planning process, research and service program inventory, new program approval, off-campus instruction, non-resident institutional review, conference on assessment in Alabama higher education, and publication of statistical information); (2) state level support activities for higher education (Eminent Scholars Program, Alabama Universities--TVA Research Consortium, Experimental Project to Stimulate Competitive Research, Alabama Industrial Council on Engineering Education, Network of Alabama Academic Libraries, Academic Common Market, and Title II of the Education for Economic Security Act); and (3) student financial assistance activities (Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program, Alabama Student Grant Program, Alabama Student Assistance Program, Emergency Secondary Education Scholarship Program, State of Alabama Chiropractic Scholarship Program, Alabama National Guard Educational Assistance Program, Police Officer's & Firefighter's Survivor's Educational Assistance Program, and summary chart on state supported student assistance). Highlights of the accomplishments of the year 1987-88 include approval of a set of comprehensive policies for higher education and an agreement by the colleges and universities and the Commission on a division of the state's money available for higher education. (SM)