Practitioners and academics alike acknowledge the very rapid diffusion of microcomputers in government agencies, yet the implications of this trend for graduate education in public administration are a matter of controversy. This article assesses the response of MPA programs to the demands of the public sector workplace for skills in microcomputing. Based on a national survey of these programs conducted in 1989, the study finds that about 90%o of the MPA programs have incorporated microcomputers into instruction, but only about 30% have a required course in microcomputing. While statistical analysis and research methods remain the primary courses in which microcomputers are used, a majority of the institutions integrate them into the teaching of substantive courses. Thus, despite the continuing dominance of statistical applications in the computing education of public managers, most of the schools also appear to recognize the importance of providing their students with other, more practical skills in microcomputing.