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A review of the literature was conducted to identify the current status and direction of the effort to meet the individual needs of the disadvantaged student through vocational education. The major data source was the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) collections for the time period between 1960 and 1975. Data was subdivided into four categories: (1) Definition and identification of the disadvantaged student, (2) the legislation concerning disadvantaged students in vocational education, (3) approaches to effectively teaching the disadvantaged in vocational education, and (4) the evaluation of those approaches. ne major portion of this paper summarizes the findings in each of the four areas: Definition (13 Tages and a 12-item bibliography); Legislation, a listing and brief summary of federal acts (7 pages and a 23-item bibliography); Teaching Approaches (6 pages and an 8-ite