The North Carolina Community College System includes 37 technical institutes and 20 community colleges. Chapter I of this report reviews the role of the community college system in North Carolina's higher education network. Chapter II reviews the administration of the system, including the role of the State Board of Education, the Community College Advisory Council, the Controller, and the Department of Community Colleges. Chapter III provides a brief overview of academic transfer, general education, developmental, and occupational programs offered. Chapter IV presents financial, enrollment, and space utilization data: current expenses by institution, institutional receipts, capital fund expenditures, major equipment inventory, library book acquisition, estimate of state expenditures for 1976-77 and budget requests for 1977-79, average annual enrollment by type of program, enrollment growth, geographic origin of students, enrollment by race, sex and type of program, community college transfers, growth of the community college system, capacity/enrollment ratio, and assignable square feet per full time equivalent student. Chapter V reviews system planning--the biennial program plan, long-range planning, the liaison committee, and the civil rights plan. An additional section presents brief statements from each institution on its accomplishments during the period covered by the report. (JDS)