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Don’t most of them return to their home countries? Seems like freeing up those spots for American students that will stay would be a boon for American science.
by ashelmire 7y ago
Don’t most of them return to their home countries? Seems like freeing up those spots for American students that will stay would be a boon for American science.
- rbg246 7y agoThat would seem to indicate that Americans who want to do STEM courses cannot currently do them? That doesn't sound right to me.
- nl 7y agoNo, because graduate students are actually doing the science in the US. If they are replaced by less capable students then the work being done will be of a lower quality.
- rchaud 7y ago"Freeing up those spots" implies that US students are barred from competing for grad school places or that international students have some advantage that domestic students do not.
- ashelmire 7y ago> international students have some advantage that domestic students do not. They often do have more money. And rampant cheating. But regardless, Chinese students can attend any university in China or the US, while an American cannot realistically attend school in China. Obviously that means China is going to have a brighter educational future, as they use our system to advance their own.
- throwaway6969 7y agoIf they're cheating then they won't hang on to those research spots for long.
- rchaud 7y agoMoney doesn't make a difference in grad school because everybody is there on some kind of fellowship or research grant. Certainly no international student I've ever met, Chinese or otherwise has paid a cent of tuition past undergrad. Only exceptions would be medical school, MBA and specialist MSc programs offered through business schools.
- ashelmire 7y ago> Money doesn't make a difference in grad school It makes a very big difference in getting there.