This monograph on vocational rehabilitation programs and future directions contains papers from the 1994 Switzer Seminar. Contents are as follows: "State/Federal Program Issues and Trends" (Nell C. Carney); "Consumerism and Choice: Basic Standards for Judging Efforts and Expectations in the Vocational Rehabilitation Process" (Patricia A. Morrissey); "The Information Age: What It Means for Business and Vocational Rehabilitation" (Debra A. Perry); "Vocational Rehabilitation: Preparing for the 21st Century--A Labor Perspective" (Angela Traiforos); "Rehabilitation Education in the 21st Century" (Daniel C. McAlees); "Providers of Rehabilitation Services" (Patrick W. McKenna); "The Role of the Rehabilitation Facility in the 21st Century" (Kenneth J. Shaw); "Women and Vocational Rehabilitation: An Urgent Need for New Directions" (Margaret A. Nosek); "Rehabilitation as a Knowledge Business" (Jon Lundin); "Independent Living and Disability Culture Perspective" (Paul Spooner); and "The Voice of the Special Group" (Ruth Royall Hill). Also included are recommendations from the seminar and reflections of current and retired rehabilitation leaders on the past, present, and future of the field. (Some individual papers contain references.) (SW)