This 10th edition of the University of Rhode Island Fact Book is part of a continuing effort to record and provide pertinent information about the university to its community. The Fact Book provides answers to frequently asked questions about the university and presents an historical perspective by including data that describe the university for the 10-year period 1987-97. The seven chapters provide data on: (1) enrollment, including undergraduate/graduate enrollment by tuition status, gender, and campus; multicultural and international enrollments, and undergraduate majors; (2) admissions, including total, in-state, and out-of-state freshmen acceptances, transfer students, and high school class rank; (3) degrees, including degrees conferred by college, level, and gender; (4) faculty, including tenure track faculty by college and gender, faculty by tenure status, rank, and gender, and average faculty salary by rank; (5) tuition and fees, including tuition and mandatory fees 1997-98, full-time student expenses, trends in undergraduate student charges; (6) finance, including combined revenues, statement of revenues and expenditures, state appropriation history, and endowment funds; and (7) facilities, including facilities at Kingston campus, university library statistics, and undergraduate housing. (SM)