STEM Workers Shortage: Article Analysis
Is the United States of America in STEM workers shortage?
The United States attracts many young people whose ultimate aspiration is to access the higher education provided by United States educational institutions, for once educated, they can go back to the homeland and fix issues. This immigration requires a lot of adaptive skills and may lead to an acculturation.
However, after graduating, some of these temporary immigrants are willing to stay in the United States in order to make a living here especially due the social advantages found in the United States compared to those of their homelands.
But the United States of America, because of the current social issues, cannot be the host country of anyone who would want to. Thus, …show more content…
innovation, Norman Matloff, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, states “a commission appointed by the other top U.S. science agency, the National Institutes of Health, found that a severe oversupply has created a brutal job market for those who pursue doctorates in science research” (Matloff, par. 11). He stands against those claiming that there would be a labor shortage in the STEM job market.
The article also expresses the professor’s perspective concerning the myth that there would be a shortage of American workers in the STEM fields. His point of view is that the only reason why there are incentives to importing foreign workers in the technology industry is “to hold down wages” (Matloff, par. 6). Hiring foreign workers in those fields would cost less money to employers than hiring Americans.
Professor Matloff’s position on the subject was clearer in another section of article. His conception is that the idea that Americans do not like the STEM fields is totally wrong because “the average quality of the international STEM students is lower than that of Americans” (Matloff, par.8). This shows his conviction that there is an effective American labor in these …show more content…
Randal, Kate. “Obama announces his immigration ‘reform’ plan.” World Socialist Web Site. World Socialist Web site, 30 January 2013. Web. 18 March 2013
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/30/immi-j30.html
8. United States. Dept. of Immigration. Building a 21st Century Immigration System, 2011-2012. Web. By Felicia, Escobar and Doug Rand. 18 March 2013
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/building-21st-century-immigration-system
9. United States. Senate. NY’S BOOMING TECH INDUSTRIES FACE SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED ENGINEERS; INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO KEEP THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE U.S. TO FUEL VITAL INDUSTRY, CREATE MORE JOBS AND BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH, 2012.Web. By Charles E. Schumer. 19 march 2013.
http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=337648
10. WEISS, SUZANNE. "Wanted: Foreign Students." State Legislatures 39.3 (2013): 24-27. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Apr. 2013.
The United States attracts many young people whose ultimate aspiration is to access the higher education provided by United States educational institutions, for once educated, they can go back to the homeland and fix issues. This immigration requires a lot of adaptive skills and may lead to an acculturation.
However, after graduating, some of these temporary immigrants are willing to stay in the United States in order to make a living here especially due the social advantages found in the United States compared to those of their homelands.
But the United States of America, because of the current social issues, cannot be the host country of anyone who would want to. Thus, …show more content…
innovation, Norman Matloff, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, states “a commission appointed by the other top U.S. science agency, the National Institutes of Health, found that a severe oversupply has created a brutal job market for those who pursue doctorates in science research” (Matloff, par. 11). He stands against those claiming that there would be a labor shortage in the STEM job market.
The article also expresses the professor’s perspective concerning the myth that there would be a shortage of American workers in the STEM fields. His point of view is that the only reason why there are incentives to importing foreign workers in the technology industry is “to hold down wages” (Matloff, par. 6). Hiring foreign workers in those fields would cost less money to employers than hiring Americans.
Professor Matloff’s position on the subject was clearer in another section of article. His conception is that the idea that Americans do not like the STEM fields is totally wrong because “the average quality of the international STEM students is lower than that of Americans” (Matloff, par.8). This shows his conviction that there is an effective American labor in these …show more content…
Randal, Kate. “Obama announces his immigration ‘reform’ plan.” World Socialist Web Site. World Socialist Web site, 30 January 2013. Web. 18 March 2013
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/30/immi-j30.html
8. United States. Dept. of Immigration. Building a 21st Century Immigration System, 2011-2012. Web. By Felicia, Escobar and Doug Rand. 18 March 2013
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/building-21st-century-immigration-system
9. United States. Senate. NY’S BOOMING TECH INDUSTRIES FACE SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED ENGINEERS; INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO KEEP THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE U.S. TO FUEL VITAL INDUSTRY, CREATE MORE JOBS AND BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH, 2012.Web. By Charles E. Schumer. 19 march 2013.
http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=337648
10. WEISS, SUZANNE. "Wanted: Foreign Students." State Legislatures 39.3 (2013): 24-27. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Apr. 2013.