Foreign-Born Ph.D.’s in Science Stay in U.S. After Graduation

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients From U.S. Universities, 2011″
Author: Michael G. Finn, senior economist, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Organization: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Summary: Almost two-thirds of international students in science and engineering fields remain in the United States a decade after they earn their Ph.D., says the report, which uses 2011 tax records to estimate the proportion of foreign doctorate recipients who were still in the United States five and 10 years after graduation. More...