But writing in the new book, Uni in the USA, Dr Seldon said the exodus was "down to far more than economics".
不过,赛尔顿博士在新书《美国大学》中写道,引发这一出国求学浪潮的远远不仅是经济因素。
In the summer of 1979, Arthur Seldon of the Institute of economic Affairs asked me to write on China's economic prospects.
一九七九的夏天,英国的经济事务学社的主编要求我写关于中国的前景。
"To me, the most important job of any school is to turn out young men and women who are happy and secure." explained Seldon.
塞尔顿解释道:“在我看来,每所学校最重要的职责就是培养出快乐而可靠的年轻人。”
Critics assume that private parents are rich snobs trying to avoid the lower orders, says Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College, a boarding school.
评论者认为私立学校孩子的父母是设法避免下层社会的富裕的势利之人,一所寄宿学校- - -惠灵顿学院的校长安东尼·塞尔登(Anthony Seldon)如是说。