A volume in the Merrill Series in Career Programs, this book is an attempt to analyze and interpret changes in vocational and technical education and the public attitude toward it, and to suggest ways in which administrators might use this information in planning and operating programs that prepare youth and adults for employment and help to maintain employability. In Part One, particular emphasis is given to the classic relationship issues regarding: general education and specialized education; liberal arts and vocational education; practical arts; occupational preparation; the emerging career education model, which culminates in vocational education; policy-making process. Part Two provides an overview of administrative theory and deals with key subjects of organization, leadership, and decision-making and their relationship to institutions providing specialized occupational education. Part Three examines administrative structures and functions for delivery of vocational education from the point of view of specific problems likely to be encountered by vocational education administrators. The concluding section deals with some of the critical issues in administration of vocational and technical education which remain to be solved. (Author/EA)