This annual report includes messages from the Chairman and the President of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC); a review of specially funded programs (advanced institutional development programs, minority schools science improvement program, the Black Film Institute, and Cooperative Extension Service), facilities development, the UDC fund, and UDC alumni activities; the financial statement for the fiscal year that ended September 30, 1977; a summary of faculty achievements; and an analysis of student statistics (characteristics, degrees, and employment status of UDC graduates). The appendices contain: (1) a list of specially funded projects, FY 1977; (2) faculty achievement, 1976-77; (3) UDC summary enrollment fall, 1976-77 and 1975-76; (4) UDC degrees awarded, 1976-77; and (5) employment status of UDC graduates after graduation, AY 1972-1976. (SPG)