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Another explanation: More than 95% of people in the world are not American, and good American universities have access to the top talent. If the US is doing a
by robotresearcher 11y ago
Another explanation:
More than 95% of people in the world are not American, and good American universities have access to the top talent. If the US is doing a competent job of hiring the best people then the majority of these researchers will not be American-born.
- hudibras 11y agoOr a counter explanation: 1. American colleges are still overwhelmingly the best in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Univ... 2. 96% of students at American colleges are American. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/11/17/number-of-international-college-students-continues-to-climb http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/...
- robotresearcher 11y agoHow does that explain the large numbers of foreign researchers?