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LEARN.
GROW.

An Engine For Workforce Development

Ivy Tech Community College student success and creating path- ic pathways for high school students
offers affordable degree programs ways for a stronger Indiana through showcasing how the work they do in
and training aligned with the needs a local focus. Whatever your connec- high school can set them on track for
of its community, along with courses tion to the Madison economy, rest a high-paying, high-demand job or
and programs that transfer to other assured Ivy Tech is in your corner. completing their first year of college
colleges and universities. Every day, we work with high before they ever leave high school.
By 2025, there will be one million school students, returning adults, Furthermore, the Madison campus
high demand, high wage jobs avail- and our community at large to drive is the statewide hub and only post-
able in Indiana. More than half of Madison’s economic future. secondary provider for the Indiana
those careers will require education Course Access Program (iCAP), a
or training beyond a high school GETTING HIGH SCHOOL partnership with the Indiana De-
diploma but short of a bachelor’s STUDENTS CAREER-READY partment of Education, where your
degree. Associate degrees, certifi- You might have seen us at students can earn college credits, all
cates, and other credentials are the Madison Consolidated, Switzerland online, while in high school.
future of our workforce, and no one County, Shawe Memorial, Christian Know a high school student who could
does them better than Ivy Tech. Our Academy, and Southwestern high benefit? Contact Andrea McDole at
students graduate ready to succeed, schools providing critical Dual Cred- amcdole3@ivytech.edu
and because Ivy Tech partners with it education which allows your chil-
SKILLING UP AND
national and local businesses, we dren and grandchildren the oppor-
provide unique opportunities you tunity to gain college credit while STANDING OUT
won’t find anywhere else. fulfilling high school requirements We also know adult learners need
Across the state—and right here and at no cost to the student. We’ve new skills and education to move
in Madison—we’re committed to also developed customized academ- into fulfilling careers that pay the 56

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