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Re: US Engineers Undercounted

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
It would be interesting to research how many of the engineering jobs in the US are now going offshore. It would be also very interesting to see how US schools recruit for graduate programs. My son recently graduated Bradley University in Mechanical Eng. At graduation every one of the Master's ME graduates was a foreign national.
Back in October, PBS aired a special called "1-800-India", and at the end they interviewed Clyde Prestowitz, author of "Three Billion New Capitalists: The great Shift of Power and Wealth to the East" and he spouted some facts like 80% of Fortune 500 companies outsource their labor overseas and over half of the students graduating from the top ten US universities (Math,Science,Tech) are from abroad. That would sure skew the data a bit.

While I haven't read his book yet (it sounds like a depressing read) you can read some interviews with him at..

http://www.cceia.org/viewMedia.php/p...D/8/prmID/5170

or

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/peo...witz-con0.html
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