Demand for Skilled-Worker Visas Exceeds Annual Supply – WSJ.
My comment and explanation:
“In a nutshell, these two items explain this story.
1. Washington U. in St. Louis,
“make it the normal ‘cookbook’ course..so we don’t have trouble [with students]…” (Chair of Math Dep’t speaking to me about a critical course for engineers); on another occasion, “..we just ‘wrested’ a course from [engineering] and we aren’t going to let them take this one..” (The complete story “A Tale Out of School” is on my blog inside-higher-ed .)
2. Carnegie-Mellon UniversityI received a comment from a teacher there.”…As a mere Instructor, I had nothing to lose from sending an interfering parent packing…There was no way I was going to cheat a student by giving less than full and honest measure…” (The full comment is on my blog.)Starting Salaries for CMU grads:
Starting Salaries for CMU grads:
El. and Comp. E. 86k
Chem. E. 76k
CS 95k
Math 77k
Conclusion – well trained US engineers get paid well; but some schools just grant degrees – and they know it.
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