Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States Infusing Talent, Raising Issues (1988) / Chapter Skim
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m Sir presence has generally been accepted as the norm in the United States, and immigrants have helped our nation to become the effective pluralistic society that it is today. However, the absorption of these successive grams of immigrants has often been accc~an~ bar issues associate with their integration into our work force and our society.
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The continuing increase in the number of foreign and foreign-born engineers reflects two facts: (1) many foreign students and professionals enter the United States with the primary goal of becoming permanent U.S.
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Without the prep onderenc" of foreign-born individuals among faculty and graduate students In academy, American engineering schools waNId be unable to provide educational and research programs of the current magnitudes. The influence of fo~=ign-born engineers has become highly significant also in industrial research and devel~nt (R&~)
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Us, African graduate students Could becc~ne an even smaller fraction of the engineering graduate-s~dent pi ulation without continuation of the curmnt preferential treatment for American students or sane financial incentive'; for Americans to enter graduate stoves instead of immediate employment upon receipt of them bachelor's degrees. Effects on Engineering Education The productivity, growth, and international competitiveness of the U.S.
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eng Leering work force, its intellectual health and vitality are essential for the ma~ntenance of an adequate level of defense. A major issue has emerged frog the increased prevalence of foreign engineers (temporary visas)
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Almost no quantitative information was found on the ~nternational movement of American engineers, career patterns of foreign graduates who returned to their home countries, and the exact magnitude of foreign applicants for engineering graduate education. fire genera~ly, data gaps exist on the value to the United Skates of educating foreign nationals, on the went of the deficiency In foreign visitations by Punerican engineers, and on the full inibalan~ in the pool of potential veneering graduate students.
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E3rr~ader Considerations and Pow rotations During its investigation, the Committee discussed several issues that are of central importance in assessing the longrterm impact of foreign engineers on the Unity States. These issues include the quality and appropriateness of the eng mooring curriculum in the United States, particularly at the undergraduate level; the need to make a larger part of the American public sensitive to the interactions between technology and society; and the relationships among engineering curricula, advanced training, and international competitiveness.
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We should also obtain quantitative data on the reasons that such large numbers of foreigners choose to come to the United States for g~-aduate education in engineering. More extensive studies should be initiated to assess or determine the reasons for the failure of many qualified American engineering undergraduates to enter graduate shies; the appropriate eng~n^Pring curricula for the l990s and beyond; and the relationships among engineering, engineering education, the international flow of engineers, and international competitiveness.
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