Based on data from a variety of sources, these 12 fact sheets summarize current enrollment, instructional, and administrative trends at the existing 1,230 public and private two-year colleges. A general profile of the colleges is first presented, focusing on the number and type of institutions, enrollment, student characteristics, number of faculty, tuition, and types of programs offered. This is followed by more specific examinations of: (1) enrollment trends since 1965 and projections into the 1980's; (2) student characteristics, including age, sex, occupational status, income, and ethnicity; (3) patterns of student mobility, college majors, and educational goals; (4) tuition and student financial aid; (5) the respective roles of vocational, transfer, and community education in the two-year college curriculum; (6) characteristics, salaries, and tenure status of full-time and part-time faculty; (7) the anticipated employment outlook for two-year college instructors; (8) the demand for adult, life-long learning; (9) the characteristics and educational objectives of adult students; (10) the characteristics and roles of administrators and governing boards, and trends in governance; and (11) sources of community college revenue and institutional budget allocations. Each section includes a list of references and sources of information. (JP)