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During the past year interest and controversy in computer science and information science education and training has increased notably. The keynote addresses given by George Glaser at the 1974 National Computer Conference and the 1974 EDUCOM in Canada have served to heighten this interest and controversy. Mr. Glaser's views stimulated an immediate controversy that has not yet subsided, as was demonstrated during the education seminars at the 1974 ACM conference in San Diego. The courses presently being offered in colleges and universities have been both attacked and defended vigorously.

According to a recent AFIPS study, the estimated number of unfilled openings for trained programmers in 1970 was between 200,000 and 650,000; and for systems analysts there were between 60,000 and 200,000 positions available. Industrial leaders are the first to admit that existing educational facilities are not adequate to supply the quantity and quality of training needed to fill the present market requirements---not to mention the steadily increasing demand foreseen for the future. From these observations it is obvious that the full potential of the computers presently in use cannot be realized because of the scarcity of sufficiently qualified programmers and analysts. As a consequence, many present-day computer installations are on the brink of chaos.