Top Chinese scientists flee Boston area as Harvard, MIT fall in rankings; Silicon Valley also hit (kdwalmsley.substack.com)
from davel@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 11 Jun 20:25
https://lemmy.ml/post/31538947

  • Thousands of Chinese researchers and scientists are leaving top jobs in leading US universities and companies, to take positions in China.
  • The Cambridge area of Massachusetts is home to Harvard, MIT, and scores of leading companies, and was the number one source of returning Chinese research and engineering talent.
  • In second place is the Palo Alto-Berkeley cluster, which includes Stanford, University of California, and Silicon Valley.
  • The migration of top scientific and engineering talent back to China is accelerating, but began nearly a decade ago. And while the political situation between China and the United States certainly is a major motivation for many scientists to return, more important is the quality of the education systems.
  • Chinese universities are now claiming the top spots across all the hard science disciplines, while American colleges are tumbling.

YouTube video.

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yogthos@lemmy.ml on 12 Jun 00:49 next collapse

❤️‍🔥

reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml on 12 Jun 02:54 next collapse

I’d rather them be in China where their research can actually benefit humanity anyhow.

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 12 Jun 22:03 collapse

But they could work for McKinsey or Palantir to improve the world!

lepinkainen@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 05:47 next collapse

But hey, at least universities aren’t woke anymore, right? /s

tehn00bi@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 11:22 collapse

Man, I went to a small university for my engineering masters, during graduation I realized how few Americans are going for higher level STEM degrees.

mesitoispro@ttrpg.network on 12 Jun 21:26 collapse

Why do you think that is?

GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works on 14 Jun 02:32 collapse

It’s both stupid expensive and the jobs don’t pay enough anymore. I can make the same salary as an engineer working a trade or any other white collar job.

I’m sure the growing distrust in science and general stupidity didn’t help either.