The article below gives us a good idea of what may be the impact of the proposed immigration reform on higher education. This strikes a personal chord with me because I was in a visa for so long (15 years), first as a student and then as a worker. Just recently (last May) I got my green card which was sponsored by U of I. In case that had not happened, I probably was going to see how I could have gotten one under this reform. What's interesting to me from the article is how potentially only STEM graduates will have a quicker pathway to a green card. How about other graduates? Why is STEM more important than education for instance? Well we have discussed a bit about that but this will be just another arena where STEM is being given preferential treatment over other subjects. The one thing I always had as a benefit to be in higher education is that the yearly quotas they currently have for work visas do not apply for those in education fields.
Anyway, Read the article here and chime in!
Murillo sometimes I fear our government is merely concerned with global competition and less with providing access to education for all, hence the focus on STEM.
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