Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force

Matthews, Christine M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Higher education;    Science policy;    Immigration;    Foreign students - U.S.;    Alien labor;   

RP-ID  :  97-746
RP-ID  :  97-746_2006Sep14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The increased presence of foreign students in graduate science and engineering programs and in the scientific workforce has been and continues to be of concern to some in the scientific community. Enrollment of U.S. citizens in graduate science and engineering programs has not kept pace with that of foreign students in those programs. In addition to the number of foreign students in graduate science and engineering programs, a significant number of university faculty in the scientific disciplines are foreign, and foreign doctorates are employed in large numbers by industry. This report explains this issue in detail, as well as probable causes of said incongruity.