Abstract The article discusses the development in time-sharing computers and their applications to accounting education in the U.S. The experiences discussed in this article cover a four-year period. The author is thoroughly convinced that time-sharing computers and simple languages. In addition, the author features the support given by the American Accounting Association's Committee on Accounting Instruction in Electronic Data Processing (EDP) to the objectives of data processing. Some important assumptions underlying the recommendation for the EDP education programs of the committee are also explored in this article.
George Prater (Sat,) studied this question.