[nylug-talk] Does this situation in any way mirror what is happening in the tech sector?

[Sunny Dubey]

On Friday 21 September 2007 05:22:25 am Kevin Mark wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7004581.stm
> cheers,

The article says:

"They say doctors are competing for too few training posts because, while UK 
graduates are increasing, they have to compete against overseas applicants."

At least from what I've seen in my school Poly, this is true.  But for 
different reasons.

A large percentage of grad students today are from outside the country.  
Schools like mine love oversea applicants because they don't get financial 
aid (or much of it) and so they pay so top dollar in a more hassle free 
manner.  So if we accept that everyone has a normal level of ethnocentrism, 
local students may opt for programs that have a large pool of local 
applicants and so schools like mine that already have few locals will 
probably be seeing less of them.

There was an article in the Times a month or two ago about the same happening 
in Australia and some of the professors not being too pleased with the 
student body.

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Sunny Dubey

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