This report focuses on two programs launched by the U. S. Office of Education (USOE) for personnel development in vocational education. The two programs (section 552, Leadership Development Awards and section 553, State Systems for Personnel Development), created under part F of the Education Professions Development Act (EPDA), are examined in 11 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon) that received the initial section 553 grants in 1970, and in the 11 universities within these states that received the initial section 552 grants. The report examines issues in personnel development, state systems for personnel development, institutional systems for leadership development, achievements of EPDA's Part F-Section 552 and 553, implications for the future federal role in personnel development for vocational education. Content of the appendices is: EPDA's Part F, Section 553 Projects by Category (Fiscal years 1971-73); EPDA's Part F, Sections 553 and 554 Projects and Participants in the State of Oklahoma (1972-74); EPDA's Part F, Section 552 Graduate Dissertation Titles by Category. (HD)