Fall 1985, "end-of-registration" enrollment data were gathered for the 50 Illinois public community colleges and compared with data from earlier years. Highlights of the analysis indicate that: (1) the colleges enrolled 339,782 students in instructional credit courses in fall 1985, representing a 5.9% decrease from fall 1984; (2) the full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment in fall 1985 was 166,674, a decrease of 9,792 (5.5%) from fall 1984; (3) the proportion of full-time students enrolled in community colleges decreased from 28.5% in fall 1984 to 28.2% in fall 1985; (4) the number of female students decreased from 208,766 in fall 1984 to 196,785 in fall 1985, a decrease of 5.7%; (5) minority student enrollment experienced a decrease in headcount, but maintained its proportion of total student enrollment; (6) the median age of community college students was 26.6 years in 1985 and 27.3 years in 1984; (7) over 50% of the 1985 students had been enrolled in the same college the previous term; (8) enrollments in pre-baccalaureate/transfer, occupational programs, and general studies decreased, while enrollments in vocational skills and remedial/adult/basic/adult secondary program areas increased; and (9) 48.3% of the students attending on a full-time basis were enrolled in pre-baccalaureate transfer programs. (RO)