U.S. Stay Rates of Foreign-Born Doctoral Students from Sensitive Countries

Technical Report · Sun Jun 30 04:00:00 EDT 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/796927· OSTI ID:796927

Eisele, G. R. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Center for Human Reliability Studies

Institutions of higher learning in the United States always have attracted students from foreign countries. Most of these students obtain graduate degrees in engineering or physical science disciplines and then remain in the United States for several years or indefinitely after completing their education. In the most common terminology, “foreign students” include only those students who have temporary visas. This study focuses on the rate (hereinafter referred to as “stay rate”) at which foreign doctoral students in engineering and the physical sciences stay in the United States after graduation and the extent to which they find employment at or around our national laboratories. The estimates are based on income tax data and Social Security Administration tax records for groups of doctoral recipients constructed in such a way as to preserve the confidentiality of individuals. The purpose of this study is to follow the stay rate of foreign students who attend U.S. universities and then remain in the United States after graduation. The objective of the study is to ascertain the number of these students remaining in the United States and the possibility of them becoming employed in our Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories or other governmental agencies.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nonproliferation and National Security (NN)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22750
• OSTI ID: 796927
• Report Number(s): ORISE--02-0846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
foreign-born students
national security
sensitive countries