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Anecdotally, ~50% of the faculty in my department at a large American public university are foreigners. I've been told, but not verified, that if you count dual
by bsilvereagle 11y ago
Anecdotally, ~50% of the faculty in my department at a large American public university are foreigners. I've been told, but not verified, that if you count dual-citizens, that number gets closer to 65%.
- parennoob 11y ago> I've been told, but not verified, that if you count dual-citizens, that number gets closer to 65%. Why on earth would you group dual citizens in the same category as foreigners? Even if 100% of the faculty are dual citizens (Americans + something else), it would still be 100% American.
- adenadel 11y agoMy guess would be that a large number of dual citizens obtained their citizenship in the course of their scientific work. It speaks to the training problem we have.
- T-A 11y agoBecause realistically, most of those dual citizens started out as foreigners and were eventually naturalized as a consequence of pursuing an academic career in the US.
- omginternets 11y agoBecause many foreign cultures value education more than the U.S., overall.
- omginternets 11y agoBecause many foreign cultures value education more than the U.S., overall.
- hudibras 11y agoAnecdotes are great. Did some digging and found this article from 2012 which says that 38% of researchers in the U.S. are foreigners. http://www.nature.com/news/global-mobility-science-on-the-move-1.11602 http://www.nature.com/news/global-mobility-science-on-the-mo...