Describes the Individualized Manpower Training System at a comprehensive high school in Tampa aimed at academically disadvantaged students; computer instruction at a Florida community college; and the use of microcomputers in the teaching of electronics technology at another Florida community college. (CT)

The increased availability of computers is affecting education along two fronts. First, the vocational curriculum must meet the demand for trained data-processing personnel and for computer-related skills in other occupations. Second, three major tools (computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, and computer-assisted guidance)…