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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Schools Matter: More on the "STEM shortage"

Schools Matter: More on the "STEM shortage"

More on the "STEM shortage"

A story in the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the percentage of foreign students studying for PhD's in science and engineering in the US is down.

Of great interest is this paragraph discussing the reasons for the drop:

"The Obama administration and the Bush administration before it both sought to encourage such enrollment,