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> According to the DAAD, half of foreign students getting a degree in Germany will stay. That's not just in the short term either — 40 percent of students plan
by Daishiman 12y ago
> According to the DAAD, half of foreign students getting a degree in Germany will stay. That's not just in the short term either — 40 percent of students plan on remaining for at least 10 years. In the U.S., only 12 percent of international students opt to stay for even one year
That probably makes financial sense. Of course, it doesn't scale, but for the number of people studying right now it's probably a net benefit.
- yandie 12y agoUS Visa system is not very friendly to foreign students either.
- spiritplumber 12y agoYeah. Right now the US offers its educational infrastructure to foreigners to study in, and then destroys most of the good will that this generates in the student by basically kicking them out after graduation. Not sure how this makes sense from either a business or a PR standpoint.
- anon4 12y agoI'm wondering if creating per-state Visas would help this. States that want to be more open to foreigners could potentially fast-track such visas, but getting a full USA citizenship would require jumping through more hoops.
- eru 12y agoThat sounds like an excellent idea. I wonder what political forces would oppose this?
- jsonne 12y agoGermany has an abysmal fertility rate. It's probably in their best interest to attract young educated workers with subsidized college.