US Losing R&D Dominance To Asia?

bednarz writes "U.S. companies are locating more of their R&D operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science and technology economies, the National Science Board said in a report released this week. The number of overseas researchers employed by U.S. multinationals nearly doubled from 138,000 in 2004 to 267,000 in 2009, for example. On the education front, the U.S. accounts for just 4% of undergraduate engineering degrees awarded globally, compared to China (34%), Japan (5%), and India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand (17% collectively). 'The low U.S. share of global engineering degrees in recent years is striking; well above half of all such degrees are awarded in Asia,' NSB said in its report."

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Then change the preferences to lock Asia out.

[sethstorm]

They shouldn't be here in the first place if they're taking slots that belong to our own citizens. Save the trip and help our own citizens.

No sense in not training our own versus helping the enemy.

Re:Then change the preferences to lock Asia out.

[blackraven14250]

You should be granted citizenship here for graduating here. That's how you keep the talent trained here.