Several documents summarizing research findings which have policy implications for vocational education have been produced recently by groups outside the field. In this article, eight of the major issues raised by these documents are analyzed. (Author/DS)

Summarizes the discussions held in the Eighth Biennial Education Conference of the American Chemical Society, including recommendations on manpower development, stimulation of job market, career guidance and education, new directions for educational institutions, improvement of educational programs, control of educational quality, and…

Economic changes among blacks during the 1960's includes benefits received from economic expansion traceable to the growth of black employment and the raising of black income and the deepening schism in the black community between those benefitted and those not benefitted. (Author/JM)

Author believes that universities are failing their responsibilities for filling the demand for leaders in continuing education programs. This failure results in part from institutions of higher learning that purport to provide leadership training but actually are inadequately staffed with faculty competent to teach leadership. (Author/CB)

Leaders in the transition to agribusiness and resource occupations make commitment to USOE concept of career education. (Editor)

Paper is concerned with training within insurance and attempts to show the value of a systematic approach to on-the-job training and to examine the effectiveness of programmes constructed in such a manner. (Author)

In the past, the associate degree was awarded upon completion of two-year engineering technology programs. Industrial needs have influenced the curricula for these programs, which now involve four years leading to baccalaureate degrees that bolster status and career opportunities for engineering technicians. (WM)

Discusses strategies to alleviate rural employment problems. (BH)

Implications of Bureau of Labor Statistics projections for home economics educators. (SB)