Will they stay or will they go? International graduate students and their decisions to stay or leave the U.S. upon graduation.

ABSTRACT: The U.S. currently enjoys a position among the world's foremost innovative and scientifically advanced economies but the emergence of new economic powerhouses like China and India threatens to disrupt the global distribution of innovation and economic competitiveness. Among U.S. policy makers, the promotion of advanced education, particularly in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields, has become a key strategy for ensuring the U.S.'s position as an innovative economic leader. Since approximately one third of science and engineering post-graduate students in the U.S. are foreign born, the future of the U.S. STEM educational system is intimately tied to issues of global competitiveness and American immigration policy. This study utilizes a combination of national

SUBMITTER: Han X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4356591 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature