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"Leading experts on the STEM workforce, including Richard Freeman of Harvard, Michael Teitelbaum of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Paula Stephan of Georgia State University, Hal Salzman of Rutgers, Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown, and Norman Matloff of the University of California-Davis, have said for years that the US produces ample numbers of excellent science students. In fact, according to the National Science Board’s authoritative publication Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, the country turns out three times as many STEM degrees as the economy can absorb into jobs related to their majors."

http://www.cjr.org/reports/what_scientist_shortage.php?page=...

Figure 3-12 on http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08/figures.htm#ch3

says that only 10% are involuntarily not employed in their field.

Why would 1% be involuntarily unemployed in their field if their field needs workers? Before we seek to import talent shouldn't we use up the local supply?

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