This report presents 33 recommendations for improving the 1960 California State Master Plan for Higher Education. The report's five sections focus on: (1) a unified educational system; (2) greater equity; (3) educational quality; (4) efficient use of educational resources; and (5) resources and responsibility. Recommendations for increased unity are structural links among policy formulation, operations, and evaluation; clearer mission statements for the public and private segments; guaranteed access to the baccalaureate degree for qualified students; and an expanded and strengthened Board of Governors for California Community Colleges. Concerning equity, recommendations include a guarantee of student financial aid to optimize student choice and increased institutional commitment to older part-time students. Recommendations to improve quality address the areas of public schools education, undergraduate instruction, vocational education, graduate instruction, new instructional technologies, and accreditation. More efficient use of resources is encouraged in recommendations which address long-range planning and cost containment, budgeting state support for the California Community Colleges, pricing public postsecondary education, and student financial aid policy. Appendixes list supplementary recommendations, recommended studies, and estimated costs to implement the recommendations. Also appended are Commissioner comments and dissents, a summary of the Commission's process, and the text of legislation authorizing the Commission's work. (DB)