This document compiles information on the Iowa area school system, which includes 13 area community colleges and 2 area vocational schools. The first section reviews the general and legislative history of the junior college movement in Iowa, the current status of the system, and enrollment growth for the period 1966 through 1976. The second section presents a description of each institution, including statistical information for 1975-76 on staff, enrollments, graduates, and student costs, and a list of instructional programs offered. The final section presents detailed statistics on career, college parallel, and other program enrollments for 1976-77; area school revenues by category and expenditures by function for 1967 through 1976; area school revenues and expenditures by institution, 1967 through 1976; and an annotated listing of major legislation affecting the area schools since 1965, by legislative session and year. (JDS)