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International STEM Students Are Up for Grabs  \nJuly 2016  \nWILL THEY STAY OR WILL THEY GO? International STEM Students Are Up for Grabs  \nJuly 2016  \nXueying Han  \nCenter for Nanotechnology in Society University of California at Santa Barbara  \nRichard P. Appelbaum  \nGlobal & International Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara  \n© 2016 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. All rights reserved.  \nWILL THEY STAY OR WILL THEY GO? 1  \nInternational STEM Students Are Up for Grabs  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY  \nIf current trends continue, international students will comprise [half of U.S. science](half of U.S. science) , technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) PhD graduates by 2020.  \nThe proportion of international PhD-level students on temporary visas to study STEM subjects in the United States has doubled over the past thirty years. Further, these students are much more likely than domestic students to major in and graduate with STEM-related doctoral degrees and to pursue careers in high-tech firms. The United States stands to lose its significant investment in these highly qualified students—and their potential contributions to U.S. entrepreneurship and innovation—if they return to their home countries after completing their degrees or post-doctoral work.  \nWe explore why foreign graduate students choose to study in the United States and what compels them to either remain in the country or return home after earning their degrees. We also compare their future plans with those of domestic graduate students.  \n• The primary factor that attracted foreign students to complete their graduate studies in the United States was higher quality of education (84 percent), followed by future career opportunities (74 percent), wanting to experience living abroad (45 percent), opportunity to work with specific faculty (37 percent), and wanting to live in the United States (22 percent) . More than 55 percent of foreign students felt their U.S. academic experiences were much better or very much better as compared to their home countries.  \n• Most international students (48 percent) wish to stay in the United States after graduation, citing future job opportunities as the key factor influencing the desire to remain. Only 12 percent want to leave, but 40.5 percent are undecided. This latter group represents a sizeable pool of talented scientists and engineers who may—or may not—become part of the skilled U.S. workforce.  \n• The most important factor in determining whether a foreign graduate student  \nwanted to stay in or leave the United States after graduation was why the individual chose to pursue graduate studies in the United States in the first place. If the student selected future career opportunities as a reason for deciding to study here, there is an 87 percent likelihood he or she wants to stay in the United States.  \n• Among those who did not select future career opportunities as a motivator for  \n[U.S. study](U.S. study), the decision to stay or go is influenced by whether they are aware of programs or policies in their home countries that encourage people to return from abroad. For those who are not aware of such home country incentive programs  \n1 Views expressed here reflect the authors’ personal perspectives, not the policy positions of their home organizations. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant No. SES 0938099.  \nor policies, there is a 71 percent likelihood that they will want to stay in the United States.  \n• Those who plan to return to their home countries after graduation cited family asthe most important influence in the decision to leave the United States.  \n• International graduate students who want to seek employment with a company or start their own companies are significantly more likely to want to remain in the United States (77 percent) than are those who want to remain in academia, work for a governmental agency, or work for an NGO (68 percent","cbCaiobmIdZU3VmU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiobmIdZU3VmU","pdf",830627,"English","# Executive Summary\n## International STEM Students and U.S. Innovation\n## Future Workforce and Policy Implications","[{\"question\":\"What trend is projected for international students by 2020 in U.S. STEM PhD programs?\",\"answer\":\"International students are projected to comprise half of U.S. STEM PhD graduates by 2020 if current trends continue.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did foreign students most often choose to study in the United States?\",\"answer\":\"Higher quality of education was the primary attractor (84 percent), followed by future career opportunities (74 percent).\"},{\"question\":\"What factors most influence whether international graduate students stay or leave after graduation?\",\"answer\":\"Staying or leaving depends largely on why the student chose U.S. graduate study in the first place; future career opportunities strongly increases the likelihood of staying.\"}]","WILL THEY STAY OR WILL THEY GO? - International STEM Students Are Up for Grabs - Executive Summary | PDF",1792047223,126]