Institutional research in the junior-community college is discussed as related to the following questions: (1) What is institutional research? (2) Why has there been such an emphasis on it in recent years?; (3) What should be the goals and guiding principles of a community college institutional research operation? (4) Where should the institutional researcher be located in the organizational structure of the community college? (5) How does one evaluate the effectiveness of an institutional research program? and (6) What are some of the major issues or problems confronting the practice of institutional research in today's community college? (DB)