Results of 1983 and 1984 surveys of faculty and students at Drexel University are reviewed to evaluate the effects of the requirement that incoming students must buy a microcomputer. Slightly more than half the faculty were computer-competent (i.e., had considerable experience with at least one class of computer, with using computers in teaching, or with using computers for research or consulting). Positive attitudes about the requirement were expressed by 68% of the faculty. A comparison of 1983 and 1984 student surveys indicated the following: 97% of male freshmen in 1984 attended high schools offering computer courses, compared to 88% in 1983; in both years, males had more exposure to computing; 40% of 1984 entering male freshmen and 20% of 1983 male freshmen had owned a programmable computer during the prior year, compared with 25% of females in 1984, and 9% of females in 1983; 94% of males and 88% of females were pleased that they would own a microcomputer (a Macintosh); females discussed computers less frequently than males; and both males and females showed more condemnation of computer-related crimes in 1984 than in 1983. The responses of Drexel students were compared to responses of females at Barnard College. Reasons for choosing Drexel and Barnard were also compared. (SW)