Thursday, August 11, 2005
Tweet[IWS] NSF: SCIENCE & ENG. GRAD. ENROLLMENT UP 2003 DOWN for FOREIGN STUDENTS 1st Time w Temp Visas [10 August 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
InfoBrief
Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Programs Up in 2003, but Declines for First-Time Foreign Students [10 August 2005]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/nsf05317.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
[excerpts]
Graduate enrollment in science and engineering (S&E) programs reached an all-time high of 474,203 students in fall 2003 (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab1>table 1), a gain of 4 percent over S&E enrollment in 2002 and a gain of 9 percent over 1993. Between 2002 and 2003 S&E graduate enrollment increased by 19,311 students: 18,052 U.S. citizens and permanent visa holders and 1,259 temporary visa holders. U.S. institutions reported 33,685 postdoctoral appointees (postdocs) in S&E fields, also an all-time high.
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Foreign-Student Enrollment
The number and proportion of foreign students (graduate students with temporary visas) increased every year from 1997 through 2002 (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab3>table 3). Although the number of temporary-visa holders rose in 2003, temporary-visa holders as a proportion of all S&E graduate students declined slightly, from 32 to 31 percent. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of students with temporary visas increased by almost 1,300, compared with increases of over 10,000 in each of the previous 3 years.
In 2003 students with temporary visas were more likely to enroll full time in a graduate S&E program than were U.S. citizens and permanent residents (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab3>table 3). Eighty-six percent of temporary-visa holders were enrolled full time, compared with 65 percent of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. But for the first time since 1994, the growth in full-time enrollment was greater for U.S. citizens and permanent residents (7 percent) than it was for foreign students (less than 1 percent). This trend reversal was also seen in part-time graduate enrollments. Although part-time graduate enrollment for temporary visa holders increased, the gain (3 percent) was less than that of previous years and is below the gain for U.S. citizens and permanent residents (5 percent).
For the second consecutive year, first-time, full-time enrollment declined among students with temporary visas and increased among U.S. citizens and permanent residents. After a decline of 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, first-time, full-time enrollment of students with temporary visas fell 8 percent in 2003. As a result, 20 percent of temporary-visa holders were first-time, full-time students in 2003, compared with 26 percent in 2000. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of full-time, first-time students with temporary visas declined by 2,600, with almost all of the decrease being among male students (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab4>table 4).
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
National Science Foundation (NSF)
InfoBrief
Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Programs Up in 2003, but Declines for First-Time Foreign Students [10 August 2005]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/nsf05317.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
[excerpts]
Graduate enrollment in science and engineering (S&E) programs reached an all-time high of 474,203 students in fall 2003 (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab1>table 1), a gain of 4 percent over S&E enrollment in 2002 and a gain of 9 percent over 1993. Between 2002 and 2003 S&E graduate enrollment increased by 19,311 students: 18,052 U.S. citizens and permanent visa holders and 1,259 temporary visa holders. U.S. institutions reported 33,685 postdoctoral appointees (postdocs) in S&E fields, also an all-time high.
...
Foreign-Student Enrollment
The number and proportion of foreign students (graduate students with temporary visas) increased every year from 1997 through 2002 (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab3>table 3). Although the number of temporary-visa holders rose in 2003, temporary-visa holders as a proportion of all S&E graduate students declined slightly, from 32 to 31 percent. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of students with temporary visas increased by almost 1,300, compared with increases of over 10,000 in each of the previous 3 years.
In 2003 students with temporary visas were more likely to enroll full time in a graduate S&E program than were U.S. citizens and permanent residents (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab3>table 3). Eighty-six percent of temporary-visa holders were enrolled full time, compared with 65 percent of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. But for the first time since 1994, the growth in full-time enrollment was greater for U.S. citizens and permanent residents (7 percent) than it was for foreign students (less than 1 percent). This trend reversal was also seen in part-time graduate enrollments. Although part-time graduate enrollment for temporary visa holders increased, the gain (3 percent) was less than that of previous years and is below the gain for U.S. citizens and permanent residents (5 percent).
For the second consecutive year, first-time, full-time enrollment declined among students with temporary visas and increased among U.S. citizens and permanent residents. After a decline of 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, first-time, full-time enrollment of students with temporary visas fell 8 percent in 2003. As a result, 20 percent of temporary-visa holders were first-time, full-time students in 2003, compared with 26 percent in 2000. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of full-time, first-time students with temporary visas declined by 2,600, with almost all of the decrease being among male students (< http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/#tab4>table 4).
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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