Computer literacy: is the emperor still exposed after all these years?

Stakeholders of higher education have raised their expectations of graduates in the area of computer literacy. As educators attempt to craft programs where students obtain expertise in using computer applications to solve problems, questions about the success of such programs should be asked. Are students retaining these computer application skills as they advance through their degrees, or is there a gap between expectations and students' actual performance? Like The Emperor's New Suit in the children's fairytale, computer literacy can be a nebulous set of skills that are much praised, much sought after, and seldom attained or as shown in this study, seldom retained. This research will present findings and a computer literacy reengineering effort planned in the school of business at Utah Valley State College. This same process life-cycle could be applied to computer literacy efforts campus-wide.