Feds Seek to Attract Foreign STEM Students
January 21, 2022
To help make the US economy more competitive, the Biden administration is implementing new policies to attract international students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—the STEM fields—for academic training, along with an initiative to connect these students with domestic businesses. And just in time. As Gaurav Khanna writes in Issues, the past influx of foreign students—which has plateaued in recent years—fueled an expansion of the nation’s science and technology workforce, kept many universities financially afloat when funding lagged, and boosted local economies around college towns through student spending.