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Letters. Article Addenda [The article] "All in Good Time" in the November/Decemberissue of Techniques was missing some important history of voc ed VOC ED Vocational Education andincluded some things that were not germane ger��mane?adj.Being both pertinent and fitting. See Synonyms at relevant.[Middle English germain, having the same parents, closely connected; see german2. . Ohio State University Ohio State University,main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. developed the joint vocational school conceptthat many states emulate today. In this system, junior and senior highschool students attend cooperatives to gain their vocational knowledgeand skills. This happened in the 1950s, but I forget the year. The University of Wisconsin came up with a second system a shorttime later whereby Wisconsin students attend technical institutes afterthey are done with high school. VICA VICA Vocational Industrial Clubs of AmericaVICA Video Conferencing Alliance (UK)VICA Vocational Industrial Chapters of AmericaVICA Vision Counsel of America was born in Illinois by a handful of Illinois technologyteachers and secondary school administrators. It seems to me thatoccurred in about 1964. --Mark S. Schwendau Drafting instructor Kishwaukee College Kishwaukee College is a community college located in Malta, Illinois, just west of DeKalb, Illinois. The college was founded in 1968, and is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The student population is approximately 11,000. Malta,Ill. Career Tech's Developing Market I am president of the Uniti Foundation, a non-governmentorganization dealing in the field of education, based in Hyderabad,India. I have been a member of the Association for Career and TechnicalEducation (ACTE ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association)ACTE Association of Corporate Travel ExecutivesACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal EquipmentACTE Anodal Closure Tetanus ) and the International Vocational Education vocational education,training designed to advance individuals' general proficiency, especially in relation to their present or future occupations. The term does not normally include training for the professions. and TrainingAssociation (IVETA IVETA International Vocational Education and Training Association ) for many years now. I have been reading Techniquesregularly to learn what's happening on the other side of the globe. There is a lot that U.S. organizations in the field of vocationaleducation can do in developing countries like India. To begin with,there is a lack of proper information, training and technical know-how.Until developed countries like the United States take the initiative tocreate awareness and share their knowledge, a huge tilt in the educationscales of the world will remain. There has to be a movement to disperse vocational education to thedeveloping world, not only on a social level but on a commercial level.As the management gurus would say, "There is a huge market outthere." I am presently working on several education-related projects andwould like to see more articles in Techniques on what developedcountries can do for the developing world. --Bhanu Sanghani Hyderabad, India Techniques welcomes letters to the editor. Send them to 1410 KingSt., Alexandria, VA 22314, fax to 703-683-7424 or e-mailmarlene@acteonline.org. The editors reserve the right to edit lettersand messages for space and clarity.