Abstract
University education is the apex of any education system and it is also the most costly when compared to the other levels of education. Throughout the world, national governments invest heavily in tertiary education with a strong belief that universities play an important role in national development. It is no different in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite theoretical scepticism and ambiguous research findings, the connection between higher education and development continues to be featured in many national development plans. Discourses and research on university education for national development usually seek to address a multidimensional concept of development. The key question that is commonly asked is, how do universities contribute to the economic, the political and sociocultural development of a nation? Others have asked more critical questions such as: What kind of development? For whom? For What purpose? How? (Saha, 1991).
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