Tuesday, March 3, 2009

American brain drain

Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S. (Businessweek)

It's an interesting shift, one that started to happen after September 11 made the visa process hell. Also possibly contributing was the use of a full one-third of H-1B Visas to train employees to return to their home country (outsourcing).

I expect to see a similar study ten years from now showing that the US has permanently lost its dominance in higher education. It may not be reversible, or even undesirable, but it does have implications for the recovery and future growth.

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