Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
by jldugger on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:14AM
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At least in the topic of H-1B CS / programmers, a good chunk of them are not paying tuition, but rather working as GTAs and GRAs for stipends and tuition waivers. By and large, tuition does not fund CS departments, research does.
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Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
by netheril96 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @03:41AM
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That is only for PhDs. Masters, who comprise a large part of foreign programmers, pay a lot and receive little to no stipends or waivers.
Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms
by jldugger on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @09:56AM
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It's not only PhDs. I was a Masters student who worked as a GTA and GRA. The dept head of the CS program I work under now has repeatedly told faculty to focus on hiring more PhDs and fewer masters students.