The teaching of the French language in Moroccan institutions of higher education, such as the University of Fez, was intended to “promote economic development and political compliance without assimilating or deracinating the students or preparing them for political agency”. This system allowed colonial authorities to educate a class of native Moroccans that could carry out administrative roles and functions. In his book, "French Colonial Education and the Making of the Francophone African Bourgeoisie," Program Chair of Africana Studies at Washington and Lee University, Mohamed Kamara writes"," “For the kind of society the colonialist had in mind, he must create and nurture an elite that will assist for as long as possible in the administration and exploitation of its vast overseas territories”.