The University of North Carolina's thirteenth annual statistical abstract of higher education in North Carolina covers the entire gamut of higher education activities from enrollment data and degrees conferred to more complex analyses like the flow of student transfers among institutions. Chapters include: current enrollment; enrollment trends; undergraduate transfers; degrees conferred; faculty; library resources; costs to students; admissions; student financial; aid; student housing; and a general section covering North Carolina's Legislative Tuition Grants (NCLTG) and allocations made to North Carolina's private colleges and universities. Appendices provide sources of data and definitions of terms. Extensive tables and figures offer statistical information on chapter topics as well as other areas such as percentages of full-time instructional faculty holding a doctor's degree and percent of dormitory utilization in .North Carolina's public senior institutions, Fall 1969 through Fall 1979. (LC)