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The Science Education Myth
- BusinessWeek, October 26, 2007. "Forget the conventional wisdom. U.S. schools are turning out more capable science and engineering grads than the job market can support."
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How and Why Government, Universities, and Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers
- by Eric Weinstein, Project on the Economics of Advanced Training, Harvard University / National Bureau for Economic Research. Working Draft.
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Why Americans Don't Study Science: It Doesn't Pay
- "There they go again. Claiming they cant find enough skilled Americans, the high-tech industry has browbeaten Congress into allowing them to bring in another 20,000 foreign workers. The little-noticed legislation, inserted into an appropriations bill required for the government to continue normal operations, expands the number of foreign workers eligible for H-1b visas from 65,000 to 85,000 in 2005."
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If We Need Immigrant PhDs, Why Are American PhDs Poor And Unemployed?
- "There they go again. Another report on the (allegedly) vital role of immigrants in the U.S. science and engineering workforceimplicitly bemoaning the competence of native-born Americans."
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What Scientist Shortage?
- Daniel S. Greenberg, Washington Post , May 19, 2004. " A scientist shortage? Again? The gloomy warnings are back. They're underpinned by declines in science studies by U.S. students and a post-Sept. 11 falloff in the enrollment of foreigners, who have traditionally filled as many as half the graduate slots in U.S. universities and have taken jobs here after graduation. A crisis is in the making, says a report by a pillar of the scientific establishment, the National Science Board, which warns that the 'trends threaten the economic welfare and security of our country.' "
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Filling the Pipeline: Are there enough Ph.D.s in science and engineering?
- Scientific American , June 17, 2002. " The number of doctoral degrees granted to U.S. citizens has apparently stopped growing and shows signs of leveling off at about 16,000 to 17,000 annually, probably not enough to meet recruitment needs over the coming decade. "
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The Ph.D. Glut Revisited
- by Gary North. "In the worldwide suckers' market, gamblers are the only people who are slower to learn than young adults with masters' degrees. Bright graduate students possess a pair of non-marketable skills: the ability to write term papers and the ability to take academic exams. They are also economic illiterates and incurably nave. So, they become the trusting victims of the professorial class." Reviewed in the NY Times, Feb 5, 2006.
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Is There a Science Crisis? Maybe Not
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 9, 2004. " Leaders warn of a labor shortage in the U.S., but indicators point to an oversupply. "
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Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate: Placing the United States on a Level Playing
Field with China and India
- "The effect of the dynamics of engineering outsourcing on the global economy is a discussion of keen interest in both business and public circles. Varying, inconsistent reporting of problematic engineering graduation data has been used to fuel fears tha tAmerica is losing its technological edge. Typical articles have stated that in 2004 the United States graduated roughly 70,000 undergraduate engineers, while China graduated 600,000 and India 350,000. Our study has determined that these are inappropriate comparisons."
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Into the Eye of the Storm: Assessing the Evidence on Science and Engineering Education,
Quality, and Workforce Demand
- "Recent policy reports claim the United States is falling behind other nations in science and math education and graduating insufficient numbers of scientists and engineers. Review of the evidence and analysis of actual graduation rates and workforce needs does not find support for these claims. U.S. student performance rankings are comparable to other leading nations and colleges graduate far more scientists and engineers than are hired each year. Instead, the evidence suggests targeted education improvements are needed for the lowest performers and demand-side factors may be insufficient to attract qualified college graduates."
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Another Study Raps Ph.D. Overproduction
- by Douglas Steinberg, The Scientist , October 2, 2000. NRC panel recommends a no-growth strategy
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Looking (In Vain) For the Geek Shortage
- "The sky is falling! The sky is falling! For years high-tech corporations have warned of a shortage of scientists and engineers. [See Why Americans Dont Study ScienceIt Doesnt Pay] The latest (alleged) evidence: the cap of 65,000 H-1b visas for fiscal 2006 was reached in August, 14 months prior to the fiscal year in which the visas would be used."
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Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
- by Prof. Norman Matloff, UC Davis. " 'Vaporware.' That is the term used in the software industry when a firm announces a new product which actually does not exist. Extending the term a bit, one can say that the industry's latest vaporware is the claim of a desperate software labor shortage. The fact is that there is no such shortage. "
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National IT Worker Shortage Convocation Launches Quest for Systematic Solutions
- ITAA press release.
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Doctorate surplus in science, engineering is ongoing, researchers say
- " Universities in the United States are producing about 25 percent more doctorates in science and engineering fields than the U.S. economy can absorb, according to a new [1995] study by researchers at the Rand Corp. and Stanford`s Institute for Higher Education Research. "
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Ph.D.s in America on the decline
- "The number of Americans earning doctoral degrees has declined in recent years, renewing worries that the United States is losing its dominance in Ph.D.-level education to rapidly developing nations like China and India. The National Center for Education Statistics recently reported that 44,160 Ph.D.s were awarded by U.S. universities in 2002, down from the high-water mark of 46,010 doctorates awarded in 1998."
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A Fresh Approach to Immigration
- by Alan Fechter (CPST) and Michael Teitelbaum (Sloan Foundation). Excerpt : " In the late 1980s, NSF's prediction of massive, looming shortfalls of scientists and engineers in the 1990s was one factor motivating large increases in employment-based ceilings for skilled workers-from 54,000 to 140,000 per year-embodied in the Immigration Act of 1990. When the forecasts of shortfalls proved dramatically wrong and the job market for doctoral scientists and engineers began to turn sour, concern shifted from future shortfall to current glut. ... [Efforts] to moderate the large increases adopted in 1990 were blocked during the 104th Congress. ... This outcome reflects the built-in inertia of public policy as well as the political and financial superiority of those advocating no change, from organized ethnic and religious groups to organizations representing research universities and certain employers such as Microsoft and Intel. "
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The Quiet Crisis: Falling Short in Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent
- BEST, 2002. The Council on Competitiveness argues that the US needs more PhD scientists. (Zipped PDF file)
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Does Globalization of the Scientific/Engineering Workforce Threaten U.S. Economic
Leadership? by Richard Freeman
- Richard Freeman, NBER Working Paper, 2005. "This paper develops four propositions that show that changes in the global job market for science and engineering (S & E) workers are eroding US dominance in S & E, which diminishes comparative advantage in high tech production and creates problems for American industry and workers"
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The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: An Unconventional Portrait
- Michael Teitelbaum's presentation at the 2002 GUIRR Pan-Organizational Summit. " To state the message succinctly: those who are concerned about whether the production of US scientists and engineers is sufficient for national needs must pay serious attention to whether careers in science and engineering are attractive relative to other career opportunities available to US students. "
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Engineering Shortages and Shortfalls: Myths and Realities
- Alan Fechter, The Bridge , Fall 1990. An analysis of the NSF's late 80's shortfall projections by the head of the National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel.
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Now Hiring! If You're Young
- Norman Matloff, New York Times Op-Ed, January 26, 1998. " The real story here is more profound: the rampant age discrimination in the industry. High-tech companies save money by shunning most midcareer programmers and focusing their hiring on new or recent college graduates, who are cheaper and can work lots of overtime. "
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Do we need more scientists?
- by Michael S. Teitelbaum, The Public Interest, Fall 2003. "Despite the recent economic downturn, prominent scientific associations, business leaders, and academics continue to predict 'looming shortfalls' in America's science and engineering professions. Countering the prevailing view, Michael S. Teitelbaum reveals that few, if any, shortages exist in these fields and shows why proposed solutions to this illusory problem are profoundly misguided."
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American Engineering Association
- Link includes information on immigration, trade and a few other items with several related links listed.
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Is There a Shortage of High-Tech Workers?
- "When it comes to providing graduate education for engineers and creating a competitive and growing high-tech sector, the United States is the envy of the world. Now we hear that the future of our high-tech industries depends upon the hiring of foreign engineers and scientists. Do we, in fact, have a shortage of engineers and scientists?"
