we had to be more competitive with the global market and it wasn't fair that Grad Students from other countries come here to get educated but go back to their own country to work. He felt that it was important for there to be opportunity for them to stay here so we can be competitive. That was code for "they will work for less here...because it's more than they make in their own country" and drive down our own Educated Work force salaries because of the competition from those willing to work for less.
He also said Liberal Arts degree isn't helpful when we need those who can do the jobs of High Tech like Coding and Programming. So sounded to me like all us Liberal Arts grads should just turn ourselves into math whizzes and retrain into coding and programming or we will be working at Burger King if we are lucky enough to get a job there.
His view of the world is interesting. 
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