TWENTY-FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED A SEMINAR WHERE THE OBJECTIVES WERE -- (1) TO STIMULATE THE INITIATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, (2) TO ASSIST LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN PLANNING SUCH PROGRAMS, AND (3) TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES BY AND THROUGH WHICH THE CENTER MAY PROVIDE CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE FOR SUCH PROGRAMS IN COOPERATION WITH RESEARCH COORDINATING UNITS AND OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. PAPERS PRESENTED WERE (1) "THE NEED FOR DEVELOPING A NEW KIND OF VOCATIONAL PROGRAM," BY LLOYD G. BENHAM, (2) "A DESCRIPTION OF THE HUDSON, OHIO, PILOT PROGRAM IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION," BY LLOYD G. BENHAM AND MARY PACE, (3)"ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES AND DEVELOPING PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENTAL, PILOT, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS," BY LLOYD PHIPPS, AND (4) "EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL, PILOT, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS," BY LLOYD PHIPPS. RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THROUGH RESEARCH COORDINATING UNITS WERE DISCUSSED BY JAMES E. WALL, THROUGH THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION, BY JOHN K. COSTER, THROUGH THE REGIONAL U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, BY THEODORE L. ABELL, THROUGH THE REGIONAL EDUCATION LABORATORIES, BY JOHN FORBES, AND THROUGH THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN WASHINGTON, BY EDWIN CRAWFORD. SUMMARIES OF PARTICIPANT REACTIONS ARE INCLUDED. (EM)