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> Either they are not qualified, which means we are not educating our college students to a sufficient standard, the poverty wages are so detrimental that only
by kilotaras 3y ago
> Either they are not qualified, which means we are not educating our college students to a sufficient standard, the poverty wages are so detrimental that only foreigners will put up with it.
The third possibility is of course that top 1% of the college students outside of US are better than 10th percentile of college students inside.
- jwestbury 3y agoOr, fourth possibility: US universities are some of the best in the world, and whilst undergraduate education in one's home country doesn't have a substantial quality gap, graduate education very well may. On average, rankings of the world's top universities are about 60% US universities and 30% UK universities (just from a quick survey of ~5 ranking systems). Given this, it makes sense that graduate programs would attract a larger share of immigrants than undergraduate programs, as the reputation of the university is far more important for grad students than undergrad. Frankly, I struggle to see why a large share of immigrants is a problem: It's a good way for the US to absorb huge amounts of global talent. If even half of the students stay in the US for their academic careers, it's a major win for the US. I can't really imagine a non-racist reason to oppose this.