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Where to go for a PhD? Change of interest from non-US students.

Source: Economist, 2025 economist.com/science-and-tech… #science #uspol

Change of interest from non-US students.

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain 

Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer
The Economist
#science #uspol
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Omar Antolín
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Omar Antolín
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I've specifically advised my students to not go to the US. I haven't convinced any so far, but they seem at least somewhat aware of the risks.
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Robin Barton
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Robin Barton
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Have degree, will travel. Too many countries feel that they are owed something
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Alex Danila
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Alex Danila
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Wow, I wonder why Canada is so low on the ranking. I can speculate as to why, but I’m curious to know what the students themselves are factoring into their decision.
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Luís de Araújo
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Luís de Araújo
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Australian researchers have the highest decorum and care for correctness I ever came across in my career. Students are right!
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Nahmia
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Nahmia
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surprised with Canada. American problems easy to blame on trump but predate him. trump only emphasized the problems that exists. he also wrapped noneducation problems into education, making the problems worse.
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Erling Bhansen
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Erling Bhansen
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The meaning of "Make America great again"? 🤔 I do fear, America has never before been so mentally and intellectual poor, as right now? 😥
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Big Red Freedom Train
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Big Red Freedom Train
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Perhaps USA for the next few years perhaps not a good place for independent critical thinking?I Don’t blame them.
Europe 1 USA 0.
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Abstract_Bit
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Abstract_Bit
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: Someone it's not interested to this loss.His or her interest are power, money, and always being right.
🤨 🤨
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Alavi | علوی
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Alavi | علوی
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I think US is doing a sly smart thing here.

PhD students cost money for the government. Training them is costly.
Why train PhD students when they can let other countries pay for the expenses and then absorb most of them to the US for needed work.

Not ethical or good, but sly.

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zaunkoenig
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zaunkoenig
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What is the unit? What does "change of interest" mean? Unfortunately, there is a pay wall.
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DP0
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DP0
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Have you seen the comparatively low ranking of Britain in this list? Well, their universities were much more popular 5 years ago, but Brexit and a surge in right-wing isolationism in post-Brexit Britain made a considerable dent.

Well, Trump 2.0 is actually one Brexit per day combined with a Stalinist personality cult - hence, it's even more disastrous than the already quite straining Brexit.

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