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ABSTRACT

Data from a survey conducted with National Science Foundation support, which was published in December 1970, is reviewed, and it is pointed out that, with regard to computers in higher education, national goals stated in the Rosser and Pierce Reports have not been attained. Quality was lacking in hardware or courses in nearly half of the associate and bachelor's degree programs in data processing, computer science, etc., offered in 1966-67. A plea is made for continuing studies on status and goals for computing in higher education, improvement of degree programs, and a national testing laboratory for educational technology.

REFERENCES

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• 2: Hamblen, John W. Inventory of computers in U.S. higher education 1966-67: Utilization and related degree programs. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov. Print. Off., 1970, No. NS1.2:C75, appr. 400 pp.
• 3: William F. Atchison , Samuel D. Conte , John W. Hamblen , Thomas E. Hull , Thomas A. Keenan , William B. Kehl , Edward J. McCluskey , Silvio O. Navarro , Werner C. Rheinboldt , Earl J. Schweppe , William Viavant , David M. Young, Jr., Curriculum 68: Recommendations for academic programs in computer science: a report of the ACM curriculum committee on computer science, Communications of the ACM, v.11 n.3, p.151-197, March 1968 [doi>10.1145/362929.362976]
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Keywords:
computers, degree programs, educational technology, higher education, national goals, testing laboratory