AS AM 2 Lecture 8: The Knowledge Class
14 Jan 2019
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Earned degree in nurse in philippine -poor philippine & high demand in u. s. -> earned four times higher in u. s. By 1970, most foreign students in science, engineering, and medicine were from asia. The "brain drain" phenomenon -- human capital flight. Adjustments of status from student visas to employment categories. The scale of the migration of asian professionals. South korean universities alike american universities --> americans help to build them. The migration of the highly skilled, 1965 - 1990. About two-thirds of all physicians from the philippines migrated to the. United states within ten years of the act of 1965; about 20% of korean physicians and a third of taiwanese physicians did the same. Engineers, scientists, nurses, and other skilled labor. About 80,000 skilled laborers were coming to the u. s. every year after 1970. From 54,000 employment-based visas per year to 140,000. The h-1b visa for highly skilled temporary workers, set originally at.
