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As the national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study from the University of California School of Global Policy and Strategy is challenging conventional wisdom about "brain drain"—the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Despite representing only 4% of the world’s population, the United States accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts seven of The Times Higher ...

The U.S.’s dramatic research and funding cuts and changes to skilled-worker immigration policies threaten one of its greatest economic advantages: people-powered innovation. The rest of the world ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Helping Indiana become the country’s biggest “brain gain” state is the goal of an initiative being launched by President Mitch Daniels and Purdue University. Daniels reported ...

As the US national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study is challenging conventional wisdom about 'brain drain'--the idea that when skilled workers emigrate from developing countries, ...