Foreign-Born Academic Scientists and Engineers: Producing More and Getting Less than Their U.S.-Born Peers?

Autor/inn/en	Corley, Elizabeth A.; Sabharwal, Meghna
Titel	Foreign-Born Academic Scientists and Engineers: Producing More and Getting Less than Their U.S.-Born Peers?
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 48 (2007) 8, S.909-940 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-007-9055-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Foreign Nationals; College Faculty; Salaries; Higher Education; Job Satisfaction; Doctoral Degrees; Computer Science; Engineering; Scientists; Surveys; Work Attitudes; Productivity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausländer; Ausländerin; Fakultät; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Informatik; Maschinenbau; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Produktivität
Abstract	The "Chronicle of Higher Education" recently reported that the number of doctoral degrees awarded in the U.S. rose 3.4 percent in 2004, largely because of an increase in foreign students [Smallwood (2005). Doctoral degrees rose 3.4% in 2004, survey finds. The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 9, 2005]. Currently, 20.9 percent [National Science Board (2003). The science and engineering workforce realizing America's potential. NSB, vol. 3, National Science Foundation] of all science and engineering faculty positions at U.S. universities are held by foreign-born scientists (with even larger percentages in computer science and engineering)--and we can expect higher numbers of foreign-born faculty at U.S. universities in the future. In this paper, we use 2001 "Survey of Doctorate Recipients" (SDR) data from the National Science Foundation to compare productivity levels, work satisfaction levels and career trajectories of foreign-born scientists and U.S.-born scientists. The results indicate that foreign-born academic scientists and engineers are more productive than their U.S.-born peers in all areas. Yet, average salaries and work satisfaction levels for foreign-born scientists are lower than for U.S.-born scientists. (Author).
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