This is the eighth in a series of annual reports on the actions of state legislatures in providing higher education for their respective states. The first section consists of digests of the 1964 legislation relating to higher education considered by the 50 state and three territorial legislatures, including appropriations for current operations and capital improvements. The second section consists of analyses of the data, some general observations on the findings, and certain implications growing out of various proposals which the legislatures did not pass. It points out those areas of higher education to which legislatures gave considerable attention, and identifies gaps in public and legislative awareness and concern about some of the problems of higher education. Topics include: finances, bond issues, building programs, land acquisition and transfer, general financial procedures, government aid, institutional growth, tuition, student financial aid, admissions, personnel, administration, curriculum, and surveys and studies. A topical index to state documents and statistical data is included. (SW)