1215 



TABLE 26.-ESTIMATED SAVINGS TO THE UNITED STATES IN EDUCATIONAL COSTS OF IMMIGRANT SCIENTISTS 

 AND ENGINEERS FROM LDC'S, FISCAL YEAR 1971 AND FISCAL YEAR 1972 



' This table uses the figure $9,070 as representing an approximation of the annual average cost per student. The figure, 

 relating specifically to esiimated real costs of higher education for the year 1971-72, was computed by Howard R. Bowen 

 and Paul Servells in a study published by the American Association for Higher Education. In presenting the data, the 

 authors state: "These estimates are crude and should be used only to indicate rough orders of magnitude. Even so, the 

 table shows how heavily the real costs of higher education bear upon students and their families." (Howard R. Bowen, 

 and Paul Servelle, "Who Benefits From Higher Education— and Who Should Pay?" Prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouse 

 on Higher Education, George Washington University (Washington, D.C., American Association for Higher Education, 1972), 

 pp. 31-33. The figure on educational savings was computed on a basis of 4 years using the estimate of $9,070 as represent- 

 ing the annual average cost per student. 



2 LDCs are intended to include the following countries and areas listed in the NSF report: Greece, North and Central 

 America (excluding Canada), South America, Asia, Africa, and "All other areas." 



3 Latin America is intended to include those areas listed in the NSF report as North and Central America (excluding Can- 

 ada) and South America. 



The statistical data in this table on number of immigrants is drawn from, NSF, "Highlights, Immigrant Scientists 

 and Engineers," Aug. 20, 1973, p. 2. 



