Designed to provide information on the current status and future direction of Maryland's community college system, this report offers an overview of all aspects of community college functioning in the state. Section I provides general information on higher education in Maryland, including data on undergraduate credit enrollments by county and educational segment, and actual and projected numbers of births and high school graduates. Section II focuses on fall 1988 enrollments, examining credit enrollments by transfer and occupational program area, credit enrollment by student status, enrollment by race, trends from fall 1984 to fall 1988, state-funded enrollments, continuing education registrations, noncredit enrollments by course intent, and full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment for state aid. Section III offers information on student financial assistance, summarizing the number of awards, total funds, and average awards. Section IV examines the number of degrees and certificates awarded in fiscal year 1988, while section V looks at revenues and expenditures, including costs of administering state aid, current unrestricted revenues, sources of support, and net cost per FTE student. After section VI presents data on the salaries and characteristics of college administrative and instructional personnel, section VII offers information on the physical facilities of the colleges. Finally, section VIII presents performance profiles of career and transfer credit students. (AJL)