These proceedings contain 20 presentations and reports made during the 30th Annual Research Conference in Agricultural Education in Lubbock, Texas. The keynote address on importance of research to agricultural education is followed by 16 research papers reporting on analysis of student teacher morale before and after student teaching; identification of emerging occupations in vocational agriculture; comparison of job analysis techniques; relationships between program evaluation statements and respondent demographic characteristics; association of selected characteristics with average net income from supervised project programs of production agriculture students; assessment of agricultural mechanics safety instruction in agricultural teacher education programs; followup of agricultural education graduates; pilot study of telecasette energy information service; development of computer-based program to show longitudinal trends of teacher and program characteristics in vocational agriculture; wheat producers' awareness, attitudes, and practices concerning integrated pest management and production problems; teachers' reactions to and use of nursery operations materials; vocational agriculture teachers' attitudes to students' college selection; vocational agriculture instructor's role as community agriculture leader; factors affecting student attrition in production vocational agriculture programs; reader perceptions of agricultural education leadership newsletter; and influence of verbal and nonverbal communication on teaching effectiveness. Three addresses concern integrating teaching and research, determining sample size, and grantsmanship. (YLB)