A CSET report was highlighted in an article published by The Wall Street Journal. The article discusses Donald Trump’s escalating campaign against Harvard University, including efforts to cancel federal contracts, freeze grant funding, and bar the university from enrolling international students. These moves are framed as responses to Harvard’s handling of campus protests and the broader political leanings of elite academic institutions.
The article references CSET’s The Long-Term Stay Rates of International STEM PhD Graduates report, which highlights the significant contributions of international students to the U.S. research and innovation ecosystem—particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. It notes that International students accounted for more than 40 percent of the roughly 500,000 doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. universities between 2000 and 2019.
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