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Computers and Public Administration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Naomi Wish
Naomi Wish*
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Seton Hall University
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The United States is increasingly becoming an information society. Over half of the labor force is now engaged in work requiring some level of information processing. Computers are the “engines” powering this information society and consequently, their diffusion is considerable and growing (Kraemer and Northrop, 1984:2).

University professors, especially those who teach the social sciences, recognize that an understanding of computerized society is not enough. Students should be prepared to use these “engines of the information age.“

For those of us who teach public administration, especially on the graduate level, the task of preparing our students for the computerized world is even of greater urgency and somewhat different in nature. Professors of public administration are not only preparing students for a computerized future, but more importantly, a computerized present.

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Research Article
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News for Teachers of Political Science , Volume 49 , Spring 1986 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1986

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