ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the migration from the mainland in the early post-war period; this supplied Taiwan with most of its highly educated people and formed a favorable initial condition for development. It describes the development of education in Taiwan and addresses the issues of popularization and the extension of national education, vocational versus academic secondary education, and the development of higher education. Enthusiasm for education has long been an important ingredient of the Confucian tradition in China. The chapter presents the question of graduate education and also addresses issues surrounding the return of students who had studied abroad as well as the development of graduate programs at home universities. It considers Herman Kahn's observations on the Confucian character of the work force in the rapidly developing countries of Asia and explores the decline of that character in Taiwan and considers economic, social, demographic, and educational explanations for the decline.
