Soothing the Establishment: The Impact of Foreign-Born
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: North, David, PUBLISHER: University Press of America, A careful analysis of ong>theong> mixed results for ong>theong> U.S. of ong>theong> growing population of ong>theong>se highly-trained, foreign-born, mostly U.S. educated scientists and engineers. On one hand, ong>theong>y are a hard working, skilled population, likely to stay in ong>theong> U.S. and become citizens after receiving ong>theong>ir graduate degrees. On ong>theong> oong>theong>r, ong>theong>y are more likely to receive U.S. funds for ong>theong>ir education than U.S.-born graduate students in ong>theong>se fields, and ong>theong>ir presence (as ong>theong> title suggests) eases pressures on government, corporations and academe to spend more energy encouraging women and minorities to seek careers in ong>theong>se fields. ong>Theong> foreign-born scientists and engineers tend, incidentally, to be paid a little better than ong>theong>ir native-born peers, when such factors as age, year of degree, area of specialization, etc. are held constant. ong>Theong> book includes descriptions of ong>theong> systems through which ong>theong> foreign-born scientists and engineers flow, including ong>theong> major gatekeeping roles played by graduate schools, ong>theong> Educational Testing Service, and by U.S. corporations, and ong>theong> minor ones played by ong>theong> U.S. Government. Immigration, educational attainment, occupational and economic data are also presented. BContents: An Overview; A Specialized American Vacuum; ong>Theong> Numbers of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers; Characteristics of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers; Motivations; Americans' Graduate School Choices; Graduate School Choices of Foreign Students; ong>Theong> Different Levels of Interest in ong>theong> Life Sciences; ong>Theong> Gatekeepers; ong>Theong> Educational Testing Service; Graduate School Admissions; Getting a Job in ong>theong> U.S.; ong>Theong> Immigration Process; Roles of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers; Overview; ong>Theong> Foreign-Born in Academe; ong>Theong> Foreign Born in Industry: ong>Theong> Older, Larger Pattern; ong>Theong> Foreign Born in Industry: ong>Theong> Newer, More Controversial Pattern; Impacts of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers; ong>Theong> Impact on Education; ong>Theong> Impact on Industry; ong>Theong> Impact on U.S. Populations; ong>Theong> Impact of ong>theong> Foreign Born on Science and Engineering; U.S. Reactions to ong>theong> Impacts of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers; ong>Theong> Mainstream Reactions; Eddies; Conclusions and Recommendations.