About us

College Career Academies are a partnership among Iowa Western Community College, Loess Hills Area Education Agency 13, the region’s high schools, and local business and industry.

Our mission is to develop the regional workforce by preparing students to be college and career ready to compete in a global, high-tech marketplace.

College Career Academies are designed to ensure that the region’s students are “college ready and career ready” and prepared for the demands and dynamics of the global, high tech work economy and the next job market. They support regional economic development efforts.

College Career Academies, when fully developed, will include:

• Comprehensive Student Advisement
• Workplace Learning Experiences
• Curriculum alignment for grades 9-14
• Opportunities to earn college credit while in high school
• Student organizations
• Programs of Study

For a video interview with Dr. Richard Christie about the Academies, CLICK HERE.