Brain Drain Spills Over Into Engineering

Automotive Industries,  June, 1999  by Norman Martin

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As the demand for U.S. college graduates with high-tech degrees grows, fewer students are seeking them. The result is that the U.S. is "digging a hole that is going to be hard to get out of as the brain trust moves offshore," says Ed Bersoff, chairman of the American Electronics Assn. A new study by the group notes that overall high-tech degrees earned in the U.S.

from 1990 to 1996 declined by 5%, a trend that appears to be continuing. Hardest hit was the field of technology which saw a 16% decline in degrees. Math degrees were down 9%, and physics was off 5%. Three percent fewer engineering degrees were awarded, and computer science was down by 1%.

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