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 full-time equivalent and headcount enrollment growth in adult education, college parallel, and career programs for the period 1966 through 1977. The second section presents a description of each institution, including statistical information for 1976-77 (or 1977-78 where available) on staff, library holdings, enrollments, graduates, and student costs, and a list of instructional programs offered. The final section presents detailed statistics on career, college parallel, and other special program enrollments for 1977-78 by sex and part- or full-time status; area school revenues by category and expenditures by function for 1967 through 1977; area school revenues and expenditures by institution, 1967 through 1977; state and federal vocational aid, 1967-1977; state general aid, 1967-1977; and an annotated listing of major legislation affecting the area schools since 1965, by legislative session and year. (TR)