ACTIVITIES OF THE UTAH RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, DURING ITS FIRST 16 MONTHS OF OPERATION, WERE DESCRIBED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES OF THE UNIT'S VARIED EFFORTS WERE (1) DEVELOPING WITHIN THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AN AWARENESS OF THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF RESEARCH TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (2) RENDERING STATEWIDE ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN THE DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS, (3) ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL BETWEEN THE COLLEGES AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, (4) ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PROPOSALS FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, (5) CONDUCTING STATE AND REGIONAL VOCATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOPS, (6) INITIATING A PROCEDURE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOCATIONAL RESEARCH INFORMATION WITHIN THE STATE, AND (7) FURTHER IDENTIFYING RESEARCHABLE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROBLEMS IN THE STATE. (JH)