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Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later Accelerating Progress Toward a Brighter Economic Future: Summary of a Convocation (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Science and Engineering Higher Education
Pages 12-13

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... "What they lack, for now, is the masters and Ph.D.-level education. But that will come, because those countries are investing in those areas." According to Craig Barrett, "The United States has the best technical universities in the world, and after we educate other countries' students in science and engineering, we make it difficult for these same students to stay and work in the United States." While visa processing for students and visiting scholars has improved in the last few years, strict limits remain on the number of foreign scientists and engineers who are allowed to work in the United States.
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... The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act includes a program called Youth Engagement in STEM Partnerships that is designed to replicate the success of HESTEC at minority-serving institutions across the country. The America COMPETES Act also emphasizes increasing the numbers of minorities and women in STEM fields and expanding minority-serving institutions' participation in education, research, and development.
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