Because technically oriented nations are spending billions of dollars on research and development, by 1980 school administrators will be operating in a society saturated with new information and devices to handle it (i.e., computer-based terminals in homes, offices, and schools hooked up to telephones, videos, and radios). However, the pressing need for professional and technical talent to man the information devices will remain to be satisfied. Through professional management training, educational leadership must master the new management techniques and apply them to education. (Author)