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Re:The Disappearing American Grad Student by gervase on Saturday November 04, 2017 @12:03AM (#15623711)
I can't speak to overall statistical numbers, but of the 75+ international graduate students that I've spoken to, I would estimate at least 85% plan to stay in the U.S.

I find this particularly surprising given that their status is essentially that of indentured servants; their advisors can deport them at any time with only 14 days of notice. This one-way power dynamic can produce cruel, callous treatment and merciless working hours, both of which I've observed first-hand. And yet, these same professors will turn around and collaborate politely and respectfully with American students (assuming that they will take on American students in their labs; many will not!).

It's really very depressing.

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Re:The Disappearing American Grad Student by rdtsc on Saturday November 04, 2017 @12:12AM (#15623736)
My friend quit his postdoc with a prestigious researcher in his field after witnessing the abuse the international students in the same group were subjected to.
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Re:The Disappearing American Grad Student by c517402 on Saturday November 04, 2017 @12:33AM (#15623802)
My friend stopped graduate school at a MS and didn’t pursue a PhD because all the American grad students were forced to take teaching assistantships while the foreign grad students were given research assistantships.
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