Describes evolution, implementation, and development of a personal computer plan at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey). Although Stevens was the first college to establish a personal computer requirement, the core curriculum could not accommodate additional computing courses. Therefore, computing was integrated throughout the entire…

Describes some of the implications of the microcomputer revolution for Cornell University and the strategy developed to deal with the resulting changes. The computing environment at Cornell, administrative structure of Cornell computer services, and computing models for the 1970s and 1980s are among the topics considered. (JN)

Discusses five values of personal computing, including its role as attention grabber, word processing (and related uses), information retrieval, simulation, communications. Also considers four ways of thinking about the future as related to computing and issues related to computers and education. (JN)