Did you by any chance read the rebuttal by Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology, Economic Policy Institute, that had a link in the side bar? http://www.informationweek.com/outsourcing/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2 05601556&pgno=1&queryText=
There is one very telling statement in this article: ------------------------------------------------------------ The Department of Labor's 2006 Strategic Plan puts it bluntly: "H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker." ------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Michael Stack > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:33 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers > of Tomorrow? > > This appeared yesterday: > http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20560155 7 > > ----------------------------------- > ... > Americans don't appear to be rushing to gain the IT-related skills that > organizations are looking for. The National Center for Education finds > that only 13% of graduate degrees awarded in the United States are science > degrees. Undergraduate enrollments in computer science between 2001 and > 2006 dropped 40%. Educators in K-12 school systems have reported declines > in math and science competence in their graduates. Close to a third of all > teenagers drop out before they graduate from high school. Public school > teachers and counselors are unable to communicate the opportunities > available in IT. Parents aren't encouraging children to get into the IT > field because of the dot-com failures and inaccurate media reports about > all IT-related jobs going to India. Children are left disinclined to > pursue an IT career. > > Nearly 70% of middle school teachers lack education and certification in > mathematics, let alone computer and business skills, the National Center > for Education finds. > > Some suggest that organizations should leverage the talent of foreign > students being educated in the United States. However, that pipeline's > getting weaker, too. In 2007, American colleges and universities received > 27% fewer graduate applications from international students than in 2003. > F-1 visas issued to international students fell 10% between 2001 and 2005. > All of these factors are contributing to a famine in IT-related skills in > the U.S. marketplace. > ... > ----------------------------------- > > > Michael Stack > Product Developer > NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
