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FOREIGN SCIENTISTS
A survey by three higher education associations and a new report from the National Science Board reveal multiple concerns related to foreign visa holders who boost the nation's science and engineering talent pool. At NSB, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation, a study panel found that the number of native-born science and engineering graduates is likely to continue to decline unless government acts. Science board members say long-term investments in the U.S. science and engineering workforce are needed at every stage, especially for minority students who are underrepresented. At a press briefing, NSF Director Rita R. Colwell insisted that the U.S. should continue to welcome foreign scientists and engineers but "end our addictive dependence on an inflow of foreign students." Meanwhile, survey results from 331 higher education institutions may indicate near-term troubles. Visa delays, the survey's sponsors say, "continue to be a significant problem" for international students as well as international scholars and researchers this fall as compared with last. Of 232 institutions reporting, there was a 49% increase in the number of visa delays for new and continuing international undergraduate students. For new and continuing scholars and researchers, a 76% increase in the number of visa delays was reported by 152 institutions. The survey was conducted jointly by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the Association of American Universities, and the National Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges. |
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