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Employment for Physics Graduates. How do you become an Astronomer. How to become a Quantum Physicist. Introduction to Astronomy. Tips when considering a Career in Physics. What can you do with a Physics Degree. The drop is something that hasn't been seen since the first year that the Council of Graduate Schools first began collecting data on international application and first-time enrollment rates in United States graduate programs.
All while you get to work hard at something you love that's unlike anything else in the world. The recent drop in international applications should alarm anyone interested in the long-term future of US science. It is well understood that the best places in the world to learn and research physics and astronomy are the places that ought to attract the best students.
But the converse is also true: the places that attract the top students from around the world also rise up to become the best places for education and research as well. Our country's research, technology, and economy have been enormously strengthened by a positive attitude towards such immigration of students. We should continue to be a welcoming place, and to embrace open and global mobility for people. Yet given the sudden severe drop, it is clear that the United States is at risk at no longer attracting the best and brightest minds in physics.
Cornell graduate students and one postdoc in , posing in front of the Large Hadron Collider's Physics is truly an international science; borders in this regard only serve to stifle collaboration.
The reasons for this decline are not yet determined, of course. But most applications to graduate school are put together in the late fall of the prior year, meaning that the figures are from students who applied in late and the figures reflecting students who applied in late While there is some anecdotal speculation that Chinese students are choosing to remain in their home country for graduate school as their physics programs have strengthened — the average decline in Chinese student applications was The elephant in the room, of course, is the tremendous shift in United States politics and, specifically, the country's attitude towards foreigners and non-citizens since early This policy shift has affected far more than just physics and astronomy, of course.
From to , the United States saw a decrease of nearly 80, F-1 visas in a single year, with the largest drop coming from China and India. The government's tougher stance on issuing H-1B work visas , making it more difficult for international students to remain in the United States and find work, may play a role as well.
The top 12 factors higher education institutions cited as key factors contributing to the declines The US State Department's new emphases likely also play a role, as the agency now demands that US consulates deny visas to applicants if the consulate is "not satisfied that the applicant's present intent is to depart the United States at the conclusion of his or her study.
Turkish students inform themselves about US work and travel programs by an adviser at an education Turkish students, business executives and travel operators have been left reeling by the country's dispute with the United States that has led both to suspend visas.
Furthermore, students from countries that are affected by the current administration's travel ban, such as Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia have seen historic lows in the number of visas issued to them. According to the Wall Street Journal , " immigration attorneys and school officials say Trump administration policies are making the U.
Many international students have cited new policies unfriendly to non-American citizens as a reason to avoid the United States for their schooling. The history of science has seen this happen before. In the s and s, physics and mathematics in Germany was second-to-none.
In April 7th, , Germany passed a law making it illegal for those considered to be Jewish to hold any civil service jobs, including as physics or mathematics professors. David Hilbert far right, front row was one of the most prestigious mathematicians of the 20th Based on publication rates, advances, and breakthroughs made prior to versus afterwards, he was proven quite correct. The physics and mathematics departments of the United States benefitted from that exodus tremendously, as institutes like Princeton, Columbia, Berkeley and Stanford rose to prominence quite quickly, while the German universities took generations to recover.
We find ourselves, today, at the very beginning of what could be the end of America's greatness in the realm of scientific research and education. Science has always been touted as the great equalizer: the scientific truths underlying our Universe know no borders and do not discriminate based on race, gender, or religion. We still have time to reverse this trend, and to welcome the brightest minds the world has to offer into our country.
But if we fail to do so, that intellectual capital will thrive elsewhere, leaving America behind.
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