Public education has become interested recently in the vocational system for the wrong reasons and is approaching it from the wrong perspective. Vocational education is not a separate discipline. Rather, it is an approach to the disciplines and the learning processes which, properly used, could reconstruct the American educational system for…

The president of the New York Fashion Institute of Technology says that vocational education should prepare people for always-abundant work, either on their own or in organizations, and not for jobs that will always be scarce. He suggests some approaches for linking vocational education and work. (MF)

Opinion polls indicate that public confidence in educational leadership is declining, probably because the educational establishment is not delivering what people want. One demand is that education be made relevant to the world of work--an area in which vocational educators are in a strong position. The second demand is that education be made…