Investissements intellectuels et expansion économique

[eng] SUMMARY One of tue essential conditions of economic expansion is defined by the value of intellectual investment that menns practically by the num ber and quality of leaders and technicians who hold responsible positions in the management of public and private enterprise In that respect uni- versitary policies acquire .v objective teaching programs must be denned wirh view to the requirements of economic evolution and technical and social progress Which is the present situation in France from that point of vie Though statistical data on that crucial problem are very scarce it can be concluded with fair accuracy that our position is most serious As matter of fact only third or half of the necessary quantity of leading technicians leave our ingineering schools or our universities As for medium technicians their number if ridiculously smal from the point of vieiv of present and above all of future necessities If vigorou! aud necessary improvements are not obtained our future economic expansion will be compromised and it Iwill become difficult defend the position of France in the hierarchy of great Powers