Higher Education and ‘The Gift of Global Talent’

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The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society by William R. Kerr

Released in October of 2018.

You’ve likely heard that the idea that info, not oil, has become the most valuable resource of the 21st century. 

If you read The Gift of Global Talent, also I think you should, you could conclude that abilities are our most valuable resource.

If you’re convinced that economies, cultures, and societies advance through the job of people – then you are likely to become frustrated with the present status of US immigration policy.

As Gift of Global Talent amply documents, the US continues to set up barriers that prevent the most educated and skilled individuals from functioning (and studying) in the US.

Other countries, such as Singapore and Canada and Australia and Sweden, have made their immigration policies to attract skilled employees. The US, in contrast, continues to limit the number of H1-B visas which employers can sponsor. At exactly the exact identical time, it remains difficult for highly proficient foreign students who research and finish their schooling ’s in the US to remain and work.

The Gift of Global Talent stipulates a deep-dive into the economics of immigration that is skilled. Followers of the tech industry will be aware of migration.

Examples of technology companies based or headed by immigrants or the children of immigrants include: Apple (Jobs had been that the child of a Syrian Army ), Amazon (Bezos is second-generation Cuban), Google (Brin had been born in Russia, CEO Sundar Pichai was born in India,), Microsoft (CEO Satya Nadella was born in India), Tesla (Musk is South African born), Uber (Dara Khosrowshahi was born in Iran), Yahoo (Yang is in Taiwan), etc. ) etc..

The chapter of The Gift of Global Talent that everyone in higher ed should read is chapter 5, The Education Pathway.

Some highlights:

Over one million international students are studying at US universities and colleges, accounting for about 5 percent of registration.
Globally, 4.5 million pupils are studying at universities and colleges outside of the home nation.
The US share of international students has been declining in the last few years, due to stricter immigration rules and US anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the investments of other nations (Australia, United Kingdom, etc.) to draw international students.
The breakdown of non-US taxpayers who research in the US is439,000 Colleges students, 391,000 graduate students, and pupils. I don’t even think the above figures don’t include international students who examine low-residency or internet programs, however I’m not sure. Do you understand?  The overseas exchange is out of 2016 and is, thus, before the growth in online programs from institutions that are elite.
International students contribute over $37 billion annually to the US market.
International students have become an essential element of their fiscal viability equation for many institutions, since international students don’t gain from in-state scholarships or tuition (tuition discounting).

1 case that Kerr gives in The Gift of Global Talent is Fort Hays State University (FHSU), situated in rural Kansas. In FHSU, the population is ~4,000 pupils, while the registration at FHSU’s virtual campus is 6,000 pupils.

In 2016, the leading sending countries and areas to US colleges and universities was China (33%), India (17 percent ), Japan and Korea (7 percent ), other Asian nations (12 percent ), the Middle East and Africa (13 percent ), Latin America (13 percent ), and also Europe/Canda/Mexico (13 percent ).  Does anyone have comparable information for state of origin for internet (degree and non-degree) international students?
At 2016, PhDs degrees in the US were awarded to students.

Care to discuss any other statistics about the integration of their US postsecondary ecosystem to the international market?

It is tricky to read The Gift of Global Talent without wondering if the leaders of both American universities and colleges are doing enough to advocate for laws that are sensible.

The Gift of Global Talent does an excellent job of recognizing the expenses, in addition to the advantages of immigration. For tasks that are low-skilled, a larger supply of employees can drive down employment and wages for employees.

If it comes to highly skilled men and women, but the evidence that the US benefits from getting the most educated and ambitious reside and operate in the US is overpowering.

What is the narrative of school that is foreign-born, and pupils, on your campus?

What publications on immigration will you recommend?

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