Proceedings are presented of the first conference on graduate vocational education. Papers read at that conference discuss the following topics: (1) The Quest for Quality--Guidelines for the Search; (2) Motivation for the Search for Quality in Graduate Vocational Education; (3) Dimensions of Quality--The Student's View; (4) Dimensions of Quality--The Professor's View; (5) Some Thoughts Concerning Indicators of Quality in Graduate Education; and (6) Views on Quality. Task force reports to the conference are included and deal with curriculum, selection and admissions, dissertation study, and manipulative points for having an impact upon controlling quality in vocational education graduate programs. The report concludes with a paper entitled "Leadership Through Scholarship: Looking Ahead in Operationalizing Ideas." (CP)