According to Price in CQ Researcher-Science in America, United States is facing scientist shortage, which is threatening the nation’s world leadership in science and technology, military supremacy and standard of living. The author said that the shortage of scientist in the nation is due to American science is becoming progressively worst, not enough Americans are choosing to study science so employers want to hire foreign high-tech workers and pay them lower wages. According to the Statistic of Advanced U.S Degrees Going to Foreigners, “foreigners earned a large percentage of the advanced degrees awarded by American universities in 2002 and 2003. More than 50 percent engineering doctorates went to non-Americans, and more than 40 percent of the engineering master’s degrees” (Price, 28). This statistic shows us that there are not many Americans choosing to study science and mathematics. “We are not growing enough here at home to sustain the demand we have in the country for......
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