Discusses the effects of current economic conditions on business education, the increased demand for evaluative data to be made available through electronic data processing, and the challenge to update adult education programs based on today's changing job requirements, such as automated office procedures and in-plant courses. (MF)

Contends that business education, including keyboarding, accounting, word processing, and business fundamentals, will have a crucial role in preparing productive citizens in the emerging service-related economy. (TE)