The report of the New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) contains statistical, graphic, and textual information showing financial appropriations and expenditures for 1980-81 in 73 programs for economically and academically disadvantaged students at independent colleges and universities. Included are data on the distribution of expenditures by type of service and by source; student enrollment under the program; administrative staff; economic and academic eligibility; student characteristics such as age, ethnicity and sex; data on incarcerated students; specific programs within institutions; distribution of HEOP students by type of coursework, hours received, and credits earned; and achievement and placement of HEOP students. Also included are comparisons of enrollment, services and student achievement for the reported year and the previous year. Appendices contain data for each of the colleges and universities involved in the program. (MJL)