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lumberjack_jeff

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4. We don't encourage it. It's a head-fake; an excuse to lobby for more worker visas.

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 11:02 AM

Apr 2014

People on student visas represent 57% of all STEM graduate students. It's more profitable for colleges to educate people who pay nonresident tuition.

Every american is competing for those 43% of slots.

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If the flood of H1B workers doesn't stop, why encourage Americans to study science & engineering? [View all] reformist2 Apr 2014 OP

To help keep the salaries low for the flood of H1B workers. pnwmom Apr 2014 #1

LOL Thread win....nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #6

I wonder how many Americans are willing to put up with H1B working conditions? IronLionZion Apr 2014 #21

That is the point. They aren't supposed to under-pay H1B workers. pnwmom Apr 2014 #22

Why? So they will run up huge student loans LiberalEsto Apr 2014 #2

Exactly what I was thinking. djean111 Apr 2014 #3

We don't encourage it. It's a head-fake; an excuse to lobby for more worker visas. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #4

This is part of the scam... Students from India have had their bachelor degrees PAID FOR! cascadiance Apr 2014 #15

Americans with bachelor degrees tend to have a big student loan debt, hedgehog Apr 2014 #19

K&R. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #5

Good question. Pres. Obama just encouraged kids to go into those fields. (Speech at a high school.) polichick Apr 2014 #7

I'm going to make my plug for the electric power industry badtoworse Apr 2014 #8

That's good to hear. I hope some Americans can get those jobs before they start handing out the H1Bs reformist2 Apr 2014 #14

I'll second that. My company has never been able to keep enough electrical engineers on staff. FSogol Apr 2014 #18

Why stay in America? randome Apr 2014 #9

If we're not going to do science or engineering, why encourage study in those fields? n/t Orsino Apr 2014 #10

So they can seek jobs abroad ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #11

Big money for diploma mill trade/community colleges and banks kenny blankenship Apr 2014 #12

+1. Makes no sense, does it. Particularly in light of the cost of degrees closeupready Apr 2014 #13

More testing and assessments and elbow room for charter schools in sciences than humanities hatrack Apr 2014 #16

I used to work for a gentleman from India. blueamy66 Apr 2014 #17

Not to hi-jack the thead, but there is also this: hedgehog Apr 2014 #20