Do Foreign Students Crowd Out Native Students from Graduate Programs?

"There is a strong negative correlation between increases in the number of foreign students enrolled at a particular university and the number of white native men in that university's graduate program. This crowdout effect is strongest at the most elite institutions."
By George Borjas

Have You Hugged a Hummer Today?

An Evaluation of the Foreign Student Program

• The INS has little control over the number and type of students being admitted;
• The program is littered with corruption and fraud;
• American taxpayers subsidize a sizable part of the tuition of foreign students;
• The benefits from the program are greatly exaggerated, and the program may well generate a net economic loss for the country;
• The program is best viewed as yet another redistribution program, shifting wealth away from native workers and taxpayers and redistributing it to universities and foreigners.
By George Borjas

Transsexual Professor Blames Scientific Gender Gap on Institutional Bias

"Aside from his unique vantage point, the thrust of Barres' article is that neither Summers nor the prominent scientists who defended his position used hard data to back up the claim that biology makes women less inclined toward math and science.
He cites several studies -- including one showing little difference in the math scores of boys and girls ages 4 to 18 and another that indicated girls are groomed to be less competitive in sports -- to support his discrimination argument."

Competitiveness Initiative Aims to Keep U.S. Ahead of Global Trends

"Months after President Bush first announced his American Competitiveness Initiative, Congress is getting around to funding the program aimed to keep the United States in the forefront of capitalistic prowess and innovation."

'Open borders to IT workers' says SAS chief

"Skills shortage could be cured by issuing more visas to India and China" [Typical "blame the workforce" mentality but the readers' comments are instructive-Ed.]

Don't Believe the Hype

Al Gore is wrong. There's no "consensus" on global warming.
BY RICHARD S. LINDZEN, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT