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Chapter XII: Problems of Cooperation and Coordination in Vocational Education

There is increasing concern over the lack of cooperation and coordination among the many different sectors of society that influence vocational education. For example, during the Carter administration, a multiagency review of vocational education was launched in preparation for the reauthorization for fiscal year i983 of the Vocational Education Act. The review was to examine ways of improving the cooperation of vocational education with CETA programs and with the private sector. The demand for greater coordination is partly due to the belief that vocational education ought to take better account of labor market conditions. Problems of coordination exist along many dimensions. One line of fragmentation cuts across levels of government, with very loose coupling between federal, state, and local organizations. Farrar, De Sanctis, and Cohen likened the evolution of federal programs in local settings to a lawn party wherein the federal program is the occasion for a gathering, and the local guests do pretty much as they please. 1 For example, Experience Based Career Education, a federally developed program involving community-based exploration of potential careers, was designated an exemplary vocational education program by a Joint Dissemination Review Panel and was made available for national dissemination with federal funding under the Vocational Education Act, Part D. The local implementation