The volume, developed for use in graduate level courses in vocational education, contains 12 papers written by the author in 1973 and 1974. The papers are grouped into four categories: (1) curriculum concerns, containing papers on design of programs, the use of follow-up studies for increasing curriculum relevancy, and increased relevance through curriculum revision for math based postsecondary vocational programs, (2) professional associations, containing papers on views on vocational guidance from an American Vocational Association (AVA) vice-president, a word about the AVA on the national scene, and the role of the State vocational association and the profession of vocational education, (3) vocational teacher education, containing papers on the mission of the department of vocational education with respect to graduate studies and research in the future and the future of vocational teacher education in the universities, and (4) some general considerations, containing papers on employing the chronically unemployed, professional women in vocational education, preparing people for occupations, and vocational education for the 1980's. (JR)