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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In order to be a biologist, geologist, astronomer, physicist, mathematician, psychologist, and economist, you need to have a PhD. You also need it if you want to teach computer science, economics, or neuroscience at the university level.

It would be ignorant to say STEM PhD productivity is not important.

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Those are mostly filled by immigrants/international students these days. Look at any PhD programs and see how many American born students there.[/quote]

For a moment, let's assume your oversimplification is correct. Are you saying that's acceptable? For all the STEM PhDs to be foreign born? Yikes. Couldn't disagree more. Industrial tech production follows STEM PhD production. Don't want to rely on visiting students staying permanently, or even for the visitation for US grad school trend to continue if the skills have been transferred/developed abroad.[/quote]
It's a different question. But no, it's not accept although it's the reality. There are a few reasons for what's going on though. Decades of dumbing down of general population is one of them (so they're not competitive against internationals). A PhD career not being as exciting or lucrative as some other paths is another (so they don't get top American talents).[/quote]

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