Information is provided on the characteristics of students attending the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) and their general education and liberal arts knowledge. The first sections of the report provide information on the development and administration of the General Academic Assessment (GAA), an instrument containing representative items in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, mathematics, and English usage; and background items about the students' age, college credits earned, educational and occupational aspirations, self-assessment of skills, and liberal arts background. Next, the characteristics of the sample of 2,064 CCC students who completed the GAA (representing 3% of the total district population) are outlined. The bulk of the report consists of tabular presentations of findings, covering: (1) means on GAA scales by age, number of completed college units, location of the high school from which the student graduated, highest degree held, the anticipated date of obtaining the associate degree, reason for attending college, race, whether or not English is the native language, career aspirations, and self-rating on scale-related skill; (2) means and percent change of means on GAA scales by number of completed courses, and on total liberal arts scale by total number of completed college units; (3) number of completed courses in various disciplines by race; and (4) means on discipline scales by race and related courses taken. (HB)