THE PURPOSES OF THE CONFERENCE WERE TO CONSIDER PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND TO STUDY RECENT RESEARCH FINDINGS. TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, COLLEGE PROFESSORS, CHAIRMEN, DIRECTORS AND DEANS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT, TEACHERS, AND A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WERE AMONG THE 42 PARTICIPANTS. SPEECHES INCLUDE--(1) "NEW PROGRAMS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS PROVIDED IN THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963," BY DUANE M. NIELSEN, (2) "NEEDED RESEARCH IN EDUCATION," BY MORRIS S. WALLACE, (3) "THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH," BY FRED D. RIGBY, (4) "A STRUCTURE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH," BY HERSCHEL T. LESTER, JR., (5) "FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE IN ARKANSAS," AND (6) "THE CORE PROGRAM IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE IN ARKANSAS," BY ROY W. ROBERTS, (7) "OFF-THE-FARM OCCUPATIONS SURVEY IN LOUISIANA," BY CHARLIE CURTIS, (8) "EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN A SELECTED AREA OF LOUISIANA," BY RICHARD G. MORRISON, (9) "IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH," BY GERALD W. THOMAS, (10) "AN ANALYSIS OF HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE FROM EVALUATIONS OF GRADUATES IN THE PANHANDLE AREA OF TEXAS," BY LEWIS EGGENBERGER, (11) "THE FARMING PRACTICES OF FORMER VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND NONVOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS IN SELECTED GEORGIA COUNTIES," BY GEORGE O'KELLEY, (12) "A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAINEES IN FARM MECHANICS RETRAINING SCHOOLS UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT IN OKLAHOMA," BY EVERETT D. EDINGTON, AND (13) "POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING POST-HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE," BY W. M. MAHONEY. (JM)