Dutch colonial education produced almost no native college graduates before 1940

Evidence

Finally, colonial educational policy was exceptionally conservative: in 1940, when the indigenous population numbered well over 70 millions, there were only 637 ‘natives’ in college, and only 37 graduated with BAs. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 444

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial Western-style education expanded explosively in early 20th century — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 491

Related

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Broader Connections

• Colonial Western-style education expanded explosively in early 20th century #complicates (0.75) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 491