Highlights are presented on a seminar on state postsecondary education institutional authorization and oversight that was attended by 139 persons representing 38 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The central focus was the state role in authorizing institutions to operate and the oversight of such institutions as related to protection of educational consumers, eligibility for state and federal funds, and minimum integrity and quality control to avoid fraud and abuse. The relationship of state oversight activities to the federal government and to voluntary accrediting agencies was also examined. A report on State Oversight in Postsecondary Education by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) was discussed at the seminar. Recommendations of the AIR report and from the discussion groups are included. Appendices include comments from the work sessions, questions that were the basis for discussions, and the conference agenda. (SW)