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InternetNews March 7, 2007 Roy Mark |
Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most. |
Chemistry World October 19, 2010 Akshat Rathi |
Immigration cap could spell disaster for UK science In June the government announced a temporary cap on the number of skilled workers from non-EU states that can enter Britain. |
Inc. October 2005 Shramm & Litan |
Op-ed: Foreign Students Who Study Engineering Deserve Citizenship It's time that we stop envying China, and start making the U.S. a friendlier place for engineers. |
Job Journal October 29, 2006 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Few Happy with High-Tech Visas US companies complain of long delays to import needed skills. |
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Spencer E. Ante |
Keeping Out the Wrong People Tightened visa rules are slowing the vital flow of professionals into the U.S. |
National Defense January 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
Defense Department Embraces STEM Education Outreach The Defense Deaprtment hires more scientists and engineers, and sponsors more research and development projects than any other federal employer. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
US speeds visa process for researchers The US government has implemented changes to its visa system that are expected to make it dramatically easier for foreign researchers and graduate students to enter the country to work or attend scientific conferences. |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick |
In or Out? The immigration issue is as hot as ever, but it's no longer just a partisan debate. |
National Defense January 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Budget Woes Driving Scientists, Engineers Away from Defense Department Jobs The budget crunch is a new factor preventing the Defense Department from recruiting and retaining top talent within its science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce, a recent report found. |
Inc. December 2005 Stephanie Clifford |
Cracks in the Melting Pot Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas. |
InternetNews April 11, 2007 Roy Mark |
Bills Would Expand H1-B Visa Quotas Lawmakers seek to expand the number of foreign U.S. graduates for technology work pool. |
Geotimes July 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Following Scientists Post-9/11 Maintaining the influx of visiting foreign students and researchers may be problematic, a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee found, despite recent improvements. |
InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark |
Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 1, 2011 Carmen Nobel |
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators? The H-1B visa program, which enables US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers for three years, is "a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says Harvard Business School professor William Kerr. |
National Defense June 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Education Trends Portend Trouble for Defense One of the most troubling trends in the U.S. is that our schools are producing fewer U.S.-born science and math graduates than countries such as China, Taiwan, South Korea, India and Mexico. |
Global Services November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Temporary Immigration The debate on skilled immigrants will peak as 2008 U.S. Presidential elections approach, and then ebb. Even if current regulations don't get stricter through amendments, their enforcement certainly will. |
Global Services June 14, 2007 Adyasha Sinha |
Immigrant Entrepreneurs: What's their Education Quotient? A recent report tracks the educational backgrounds of immigrant entrepreneurs and found a strong correlation between educational attainment (particularly in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and entrepreneurship. |
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Reform Gains More Support The legislative agenda for H1-B visa reform in Congress grew more crowded today with another proposal to increase the number of skilled foreign workers available to the U.S. workforce. |
Geotimes March 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker |
Terrorism puts foreign students in spotlight Big changes are confronting the foreign student community in the United States. |
Chemistry World January 28, 2011 Rebecca Trager |
US cost savings must spare science, Obama says President Obama, in his January State of the Union speech, sought to calm concerns that major budget deficit reduction efforts will mean steep cuts for science agencies and researchers who depend on their grants. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Spencer E. Ante |
Give Me Your Diligent, Your Smart America really needs to attract high-skilled immigrants. |
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities. |
Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Simon Perks |
UK top scientist immigration policy under fire While Prime Minister David Cameron was away promoting the UK to Indian businesses and students, his stance on immigration was coming under increasing fire at home. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Tim Beyers |
3 Tech Stocks for an Obama Administration As our soon-to-be leader of the free world, President-elect Obama will have a profound effect on the digital world. |
InternetNews June 28, 2007 Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Increase Nixed With Immigration Bill Unable to muster 60 votes to cut off debate, Senate Democrats today tabled their efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill. |
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Joe Connor |
An artful solution to scientist shortfall There has been much attention given recently to concerns regarding the overproduction of science graduates in the United Kingdom. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 22, 2014 Dina Gerdeman |
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don't Cost US Jobs Hiring skilled immigrants by United States high-tech firms not only doesn't push out existing workers, it creates job opportunities for all, argues William Kerr. |
Reason November 2005 Tim Cavanaugh |
Subsidized Spin The Pentagon is spending $300,000 to send mid-career scientists, researchers, and engineers to a workshop at the television and screen writing school with the hope that some of these scientists will be inspired to produce a screenplay that paints scientists as cool. |
Chemistry World January 27, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
Obama calls for renewed focus on manufacturing The US chemical industry applauded President Obama's emphasis on manufacturing and energy during the annual State of the Union speech. But the sector is also stressing the need for balanced, rational regulations that don't stifle innovation. |
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education. |
Reason December 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Lost in Transition If American immigration policy can't offer security without unduly burdening commerce and education, the cost may come not merely in the form of a delay here or there but as a broader shift of brains and business overseas. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Hanson & Weisshaar |
Will Obama End Global Trade? Emerging economies react to the U.S. election. |
Chemistry World April 30, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Obama issues scientific call to arms President Obama has pledged billions of extra dollars towards scientific research and development (R&D) in a bid to maintain the US's position at the forefront of science and technology. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 5, 2007 Sarah Jane Gilbert |
The Changing Face of American Innovation Chinese and Indian scientists and engineers have made a large contribution to U.S. technology over the last 30 years, according to research by Harvard professor William R. Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with potentially harmful effects on American innovation. |
Reason July 2007 Radley Balko |
Illegal Medicine A new study concludes that there are many legitimate issues surrounding the provision of health care to the nonelderly foreign-born, but high taxpayer burden is not one of them. |
Entrepreneur February 2008 |
Weakest Link? In the race for global competitiveness, is the U.S. falling behind? |
Chemistry World March 6, 2012 Simon Perks |
Special Treatment for Scientists Under Immigration Rules Scientists traveling to work in the UK will be exempt from rules on settling in the country. |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel |
EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2011 G. Pascal Zachary |
The President and the E-Word When presidents call engineers by their first names, and when they don't. In the politics of technoscience, engineering has too long been ignored, or been conflated wrongly with science. |
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Roy Mark |
Tech Embraces Bush Call For U.S. Competitiveness Praise rolls in for President Bush's new agenda focused on increased spending on innovation and education in the U.S. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Robert W. Lucky |
U.S. Engineers and the Flat Earth The recent report concludes that high-quality jobs are necessary for both individual and national prosperity and that advances in science and engineering are needed to create such jobs. |
Reason June 2009 Brian Doherty |
I.T. Go Home Many highly trained immigrants choose to return to countries such as India and China rather than staying in the far wealthier United States. |
Entrepreneur October 2007 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Borderline Issues All is quiet on the immigration front - for now. But can small-business owners pull together to help bring about desperately needed changes? |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2008 Jay Greene |
Case Study: Microsoft's Canadian Solution Microsoft opened an office in Richmond, B.C., where it hopes to place hundreds of workers unable to obtain visas a few miles south in the U.S. |
Chemistry World December 23, 2014 Matthew Gunther |
Home secretary's student visa plan draws ire of science community The UK home secretary Theresa May plans to back a proposal that would force foreign graduates to leave the country as soon as they have finished studying. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 22, 2007 Michael Roberts |
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China Professor William Kerr discusses the phenomena of technology transfer and implications for U.S.-based businesses and policymakers. |
InternetNews November 5, 2008 |
Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems The new administration promises change, but how will that play with the IT and Internet industry's agenda? |
InternetNews October 18, 2010 |
Obama: STEM Education a Competitive Imperative In an address marking the occasion of the White House science fair, President Obama stresses the urgency of promoting science and math education to keep the nation competitive in areas such as IT. |
InternetNews August 17, 2010 |
Border Security Bill Sends H-1B Visa Fees Soaring Newly enacted bill to secure the U.S.-Mexico border manages to stay budget-neutral by offsetting its $600 million cost by targeted increases to visas for foreign workers. |
CFO March 15, 2006 Don Durfee |
Help Wanted Why business should worry about the battle over immigration reform and its impact on the US economy. |