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Brain Drain from the U.S.?

Brain Drain from the U.S.?

Last month Vivek Wadhwa had an interesting piece on U.S. brain drain in Yale Global Online.   Wadhwa outlines the enormous contribution made by international graduate students, faculty and researchers (as measured by patent filings) in science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) disciplines – and to the U.S. economy overall. In 2006, immigrants contributed to 72 […]

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