Comment Grad School (Score 1) 1131
I was a electrical engineering grad student recently.. The grad schools are dominated by foreign students, because the schools have bias for them. It's very difficult for a US citizen to gain admittance. The program I was in ran the minimum required number of US residents required by state law. It's not because of law or medical school. There are plenty of US applicants to the programs. Unlike undergraduate programs, individual professors get to choose the students in the program.
The real reason is foreign students are more profitable to the grad school program.
1. If they are not RA/TA they pay more tution. The Chinese students I did research with paid more than I did.
2. They are like indentured servants to the professors they are working for (Profs love this).
3. Most of the Profs are foreign and tend to accept students who are of their nationality.
4. There is no quota on student visas. If there was the Grad schools would have to accept more US citizens.
5. A masters degree in engineering is globally portable.. A medical/law degree is only good in US.
6. There are provisions in US visa law that allow graduates of advanced degrees from US schools to get h1b/green cards easier. An ms/phd is a faster ticket to a US green card.
If US corporations would like to end the shortage of tech talent they should be asking congress for a quota on student visas.