Obviously NYT is just about narrative construction but it would be nice to know some figures like:
* what is that in percentage of researchers?
* and grants
* how many are typical in a year?
* what is the net in each direction for this time period?
* and for a typical year
I happen to know rwo researchers who got a position in Canada and several Canadians who got positions at US schools. That just seems normal from my limited perspective but maybe it's just because I feed them Molson and poutine so they keep coming around.
Remember, numbers given without percentages and percentages given withouts without numbers are always propaganda.
This has been your Defense against the Dark Arts class for today. Do your homework.