To further expand the planning and resource allocation component of vocational education, evaluation should be incorporated into the process. Future legislation should contain evaluation elements that measure the outcomes that vocational education should be achieving to justify the funds expended. (LRA)

Since Canada and the U.S. share the common problem of declining enrollment, this paper studies the current situation in the States and assesses the merits and shortcomings of the nonheroic strategy being pursued there. The author credits the failure to develop a comprehensive, coherent plan in even one state to several factors, including the…