Designed to provide visiting committees of the Commission on Colleges with an orientation to the University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS), this nine-part report provides a detailed description of the UKCCS, including a review of its governance structure, planning and evaluation processes, and relationships among the 14 colleges in the system, and staff and student groups. Part I reviews the creation of the UKCCS system, describes system colleges and powers of the governing board, and explains the system's relationship to the University of Kentucky (UK). Part II reviews the development and approval of academic policy and practice in the community college senate and council, senate advisory committees, senate standing committees, and discusses UK lower-division courses. Part III examines the role of the System Office in assessing overall institutional effectiveness, and describes mandated reviews and the use of evaluation results. Part IV focuses on the planning cycle and the budget development process, while part V reviews relationships with and authority of external agencies, including the state Council on Higher Education and Cabinet for Workforce Development. Part VI outlines the delegation of authority and relationships between the UKCCS Office and the 14 colleges, and part VII describes the organization and function of faculty groups, student groups, the alumni association, and other groups. Part VIII provides an appraisal of the effectiveness of the UKCCS in meeting its goals in 1992-93. Finally, part IX forecasts enrollments and major programmatic and capital trends for 1994-98. (KP)