This is a report of a state-wide committee established by the Vice-Chancellor for Two-Year Campuses to develop a system of definitions and reporting for Ohio's two-year colleges. Specifically, the committee's goals were: (1) to suggest a conceptually focused glossary of terms which could be used to assure uniformity and comparability of data; (2) to review program descriptions and classifications of titles; (3) to suggest data elements for reporting which would reflect an accurate, appropriate, and complete profile of programs in two-year institutions in Ohio; (4) to suggest interfacing of coding information into one system; and (5) to incorporate a plan for classifying, coding, and unduplicated reporting of noncredit programs/courses in continuing education. Committee activities, recommendations, and implications of these recommendations at the institutional level are presented and discussed. The committee focused especially on the concept of continuing education and various methods of reporting noncredit instruction. The recommended glossary of terms and five forms devised for institutional reporting of student characteristics are appended. (DC)