This 1996 annual report describes major initiatives and outcomes for students, programs, faculty and staff, and finances at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). Following a message from the President reviewing priorities for 1996, CCRI initiatives are described related to workforce development, including customized programs, a telecommunications partnership, curriculum development, and entrepreneurial training; technological development; transfer programs, including a list of articulation agreements with other institutions; grants and contracts; facility use; special events; and athletics. Data are then presented for the following areas: (1) CCRI programs of study; (2) student characteristics, including gender, age, ethnicity, and residency status, 1992-93 to 1996-97; (3) fall enrollment, 1976 to 1996; (4) responses to a survey of incoming students conducted in summer and fall 1995; (5) full-time and part-time student enrollment data, 1992-93 to 1996-97; (6) enrollment in off-campus credit and Center for Business and Industrial Training courses, fall 1994 to fall 1996; (7) a survey of the employment and educational status of 1995 graduates; (8) CCRI transfers enrolling in other Rhode Island educational institutions, 1991-95; (9) enrollment in non-credit courses, 1991-92 to 1995-96; (10) total headcount enrollments by program, 1992-93 to 1996-97; (11) degrees and certificates awarded by program, 1991-92 to 1995-96; (12) 1996 faculty characteristics, including degrees held, rank, and years of service; (13) 1996 staff characteristics; (14) tuition and fees, 1970-71 through 1996-97; (15) general education revenues and expenditures, 1979-80 to 1995-96; and (16) student financial aid awards by funding source, 1993-94 to 1995-96. (PAA)