This document contains six papers on vocational education. "Blurring the Boundaries: The Emergence of the New Vocational Student" (Mario Delci) documents the benefits of combining an academic curriculum with vocational coursework. "Observable Teaching Effectiveness and Personality Types of Selected Beginning Career and Technical Education Teachers" (Howard R.D. Gordon) explores the relationship between personality types and the teaching effectiveness of 34 beginning secondary industrial and health occupations teachers. "Effect of School Size and Leadership on School-to-Work Programming" (William J. Stull, Judith C. Stull, and Nicholas Sanders) analyzes how schools across the United States have responded to the call for school-to-work programming. "School and Workplace Initiatives and Other Factors That Assist and Support the Successful School-to-Work Transition of Minority Youth" (Rose Mary Wentling and Consuelo Waight) examines specific activities, programs, policies, and other formal and informal efforts designed to facilitate minority youths' transition into the workplace. "Externally Driven Innovations in the Vocational Education and Training Sector: Issues Associated with Staff Development" (Tom Lowrie) studies staff development efforts to ensure that competency-based training boosts vocational education and training outcomes in Australia. "Developing Technical Education Curricula in Australia and the United States: A Cross-National Comparison" (Curtis Finch and Rod Francis) compares curriculum development and delivery in Australia and the United States. (Most papers contain references.) (MN)