| The Israeli economy is based first and foremost on the Israeli academia. Until a few years ago (before the opening of the colleges), ca. 4000 senior faculty members in this country educated practically all the manpower (except for that of the Russian Aliyah) that brought Israel to the gates of the OECD. In terms of the main engine of growth - high tech - I guess that roughly 80-90% of the computer science, engineering and exact science graduates in this country over the past 30 years were educated by, at most, 1000 faculty members. Indirectly, these faculty members contributed, per head, more than anyone else by far to the wealth and well being of this country. This contribution is now seriously endangered by the actions of the past few governments. |
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