ABSTRACT
The Koreans are confident that by the turn of the century they will probably be as advanced as Japan is; the Iranians are confident they will, by the year 2000, be at least up to the level of contemporary Europe. They are striving to adjust their educational institutions to those confident hopes. Some who complete a college education never acquire them. But a college education is the best device we know in our society to impart these qualities. It was, perhaps, Adam Smith who, in criticizing the irrelevant curriculum at 18th Century Oxford, first formally linked the right kind of education with economic development—or The Wealth of Nations, as he put it. And education has always been the underlying basis for hope and faith that democracy could work. Legislation and adequate financial resources are essential. They provide the necessary framework within which education can happen.
