China is using innovation to gain access to the capabilities of leading foreign universities.
In 2006-07, 241, 791 Americans studied in foreign universities, a 150% increase from a decade ago.
One proposal is to offer incentives to foreign universities to set up branch campuses in Malaysia.
Its trick is to form partnerships with foreign universities and to scour the world for products that it can license.
So the government has seized on the idea of creating four new research-oriented institutions from scratch, with foreign universities as partners and, crucially, promises of autonomy.
Under a law passed in 2003, foreign universities were permitted to set up campuses, or whole universities, inside China, if they partnered with a local body.
Almost everyone agrees to encouraging STEM immigrants, that is, foreign graduates of American universities in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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The STAR Act, introduced by John Cornyn (R-TX), would eliminate the diversity lottery and redirect those green cards toward foreign graduates of American universities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (STEM).
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D. degrees granted in engineering andsciences at American universities go to foreign students.
Keen to meet some of this demand, British universities are opening foreign campuses.
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Shortly after the speech, Mr. Karzai issued a formal decree banning foreign forces from entering Afghan universities and detaining students.
They run for three years, are renewable once, and are capped at 65, 000, with 20, 000 additional spots for foreign advanced graduates from American universities.
Another easy step with great consequences would be to encourage capable foreign students studying at our universities to stay here and work after graduation, and make it easy for them to become U.S. citizens.
One solution is for universities to take more foreign students, who pay full fees.
Washington needs to make it easier for talented people to live and work in the U.S. Foreign students who graduate from American universities should be eligible to work in the U.S. permanently.
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The H-1B status is the principal vehicle used by U.S. employers to employ foreign graduates from U.S. universities.
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Since the late 1990s they have been doing everything they could to tempt expats back, upgrading their universities, often working with foreign institutions, setting up science parks and welcoming foreign companies.
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In China, strong math and science backgrounds are prerequisites for admittance to the best universities or to be hired by foreign corporations operating there.
Currently, all foreign students who graduate from our colleges and universities can remain in the U.S. for up to 12 months to get additional training.
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For several years, South Koreans were the largest foreign student group at U.S. universities, though they are now third behind the Chinese and Indians, according to the OECD.
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In November the Obama administration declined to support the STEM Jobs Act, which would have eased the way for foreign students studying science and technology in American universities to work in the U.S. following graduation.
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The decision to strip the university of its permission to recruit foreign students prompted an outcry from the higher education sector and concerns that foreign students would be put off applying for universities in the UK. It was the first time a UK university had lost its licence in this way.
In putting together my start-up visa legislation, I've talked to professors at famous universities, political scientists, economists and foreign businessmen, all of whom are happy to help.
The program allocates an additional 20, 000 visas each year to foreign nationals with advanced degrees from U.S. universities.
Currently, Congress has set an annual limit on H1-Bs at 65, 000, with an additional 20, 000 earmarked for foreign students with advanced degrees from U.S. universities.
Clearly the universities are not providing a breeding ground for bright foreign graduates who choose to stay.
His job is to convince foreign-educated Chinese to return to China to teach at universities or work at Chinese companies.
Universities Minister David Willetts has warned universities not to sacrifice standards in the hunt for foreign students and the fees they pay.
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But from the autumn the government wants universities to check up on suspicious behaviour, reporting foreign students who seem to have dropped out to the UK Borders Agency.
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