Nine research reviews in this issue in vocational and technical education, organized under these topics: (1) Research on Research, which reviews the October 1968 issue of "Review of Educational Research" devoted to vocational education, and a publication on a research priorities planning model, (2) Seminars and Institutes on Research, which summarizes five reports on professional gatherings devoted to research and curriculum development, research planning, students' selection of a vocational education program, Manpower Development and Training Act program findings, and program development, and (3) Other Studies, which includes a study on the effects of directive vs. non-directive teachers and a design to forecast new types of industrial technicians. "Plain Talk," a continuing column by the author, exhorts the vocational research movement to become involved in the totality of the challenge facing the field. The bibliography lists 24 other reports related to these topics. (EM)