Information gathered in the 1974 statewide survey of Tennesseeans' opinions on higher education is compared with similar information gathered in other states. Questions asked concerned confidence in institutions, freedom to teach, quality of education and college type, favorability to increased spending, favorability to institutional expansion, university budget information, public services performed by institutions, kinds of contact with institutions, sources of institutional information, and preferred sources of additional funds. Comparisons are made with studies in Washington, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and with two national studies made in 1964 and 1974. (MSE)