Focusing on data for 1997-1998, this institutional profile provides information on students, faculty, staff, finance, facilities, and services at Alabama's Wallace Community College, Selma (WCCS). An introduction provides a history of WCCS, reviews the college's mission and goals, presents maps of WCCS' service area and campus, and provides organizational charts of the college and the adult education division. Data then provided include students related to credit hour production, 1988 to 1998; credit enrollment history, 1991-1997; credit enrollment by race, sex, and county, fall 1997; grade distribution for credit courses, 1990-97; feeder high school enrollment, 1997-98; enrollment history by program, 1991-97; awards conferred by program, 1997-98; student financial aid profiles, 1991-98; non-credit enrollment, 1997-98; companies served through business and industry instruction, 1997-98; and job placement statistics, 1987-98. The next section provides data on student support services, including the WCCS Transfer Initiative and Educational Talent Search Program, an effort involving 11 target high schools to promote college attendance through student services. Tables are provided on fall 1997 school personnel, including comparative data on salaries for the WCCS and the Alabama College System (ACS) and data on race, gender, length of service, age, and highest degree earned. Following information on fiscal year 1997 library resources, financial data are provided for 1992-97, including revenue/expenditure percentages for restricted and unrestricted funds, total current funds, and WCCS foundation revenues. Data on physical plant assets and a building inventory are presented, followed by information on the ACS, including student headcount by race and sex and personnel classified by salary schedule for fall 1997. Finally, an evaluation form is provided for the 1997-98 profile. (SL)