Drawing from information submitted by 60 urban, rural, and suburban institutions, this report documents the progress of California's community colleges in implementing the first phase of a statewide matriculation plan. Introductory material defines matriculation as a process that promotes and sustains the efforts of students to reach their educational goals by providing a program of support services. After examining the public policy context of the development of the plan, the report offers a summary of first-year efforts and presents findings concerning the implementation of various components of the matriculation plan at the 60 responding colleges. Progress is examined for the following activities: admissions, orientation, student assessment and placement, counseling, student follow-up, coordination and staff training, and institutional research and evaluation. Selected findings include the following: (1) during the 10-month funding period, 40% of the students who enrolled in credit courses at the colleges received core matriculation services; (2) 40% of the colleges had developed or revised admissions forms to gather matriculation-related data; (3) 28% had developed orientation materials; (4) colleges were exempting students from the matriculation process on a number of bases, including prior educational experience and types of courses or unit load; and (5) at 69% of the colleges, assessment was mandatory for non-exempt students. Data on funding and expenditures in 1987-88 are also provided. Appendixes include a review of the college progress reports by an external agency and the matriculation plan. (AACZ)