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Something that wasn't mentioned here: a Ph.D. in the US is a great way to increase your chances for an offer for professorship back home in Europe (or anywhere,
by revelation 11y ago
Something that wasn't mentioned here: a Ph.D. in the US is a great way to increase your chances for an offer for professorship back home in Europe (or anywhere, really). That will skew the number towards people who fully intend to leave after getting their Ph.D. as naturally US naturals can derive no such benefit. In fact, if we imagine the opposite holds, they might well be penalized for getting their Ph.D. at a US university.
- robotresearcher 11y agoThis effect could be explained by the international standing of the university without recourse to inverse-nationalist bias. A Stanford degree is better for an Italian than a Sapienza Rome degree. But a Cambridge degree is better for an American than a Georgia Tech degree. Since the US has lots of top-tier universities, you see lots of American-trained professors in European schools.