A study examined current student recruitment and selection processes in area vocational-technical schools (AVTSs) throughout Pennsylvania and also compared the attitudes of vocational directors and counselors regarding these processes. Of the 170 questionnaires mailed to AVTS directors and counselors, 151 usable responses were returned. Data from the questionnaires indicated significant variations in the methods used by individual AVTSs for recruiting and selecting students. The directors surveyed believed that visitations by junior high school students to the AVTS and good working relationships with sending school personnel were major strengths in the recruitment and selection process. "Protectionism" and negative attitudes on the part of sending schools were viewed as major difficulties in the recruitment process. Whereas directors and counselors agreed that junior high students are neither knowledgeable enough about careers nor mature enough to make appropriate career decisions, they disagreed regarding the effectiveness of criteria for predicting success in and completion of vocational programs. Demographic differences among the respondents did not appear to influence their attitudes. (Appendixes to this report include the questionnaire and lists of vocational courses most and least requested by prospective students as reported by AVTS directors.) (MN)