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gory, that is, except Europe, Asia, North and Central America, South 

 America and Africa, 46 (or 33.6 percent) adjusted their status.^^^ 



A final category highlighted in the NSF study that provides further 

 evidence of the magnitude of talent migration to the United States is 

 that of foreign-born scientists in this country. About 22,900 or 8 per- 

 cent of all scientists in the National Register of Scientific and Techni- 

 cal personnel in 1970 (total registry, 270,000) had been born abroad 

 and had also received their secondary education abroad. Nearly 63 

 percent held Ph. D.s and about one-half were in research and develop- 

 ment, including R. & D. management. (Only 39 percent of the Ameri- 

 can-born scientists had Ph. D.s.) 



Europe is strongly represented in the Register with 9,700 scientists, 

 owing to the preeminence of the European orientation of immigra- 

 tion in the early postwar years. Though fewer in number, those from 

 Asia still are a substantial representation of 6,600. North and Central 

 America have 3,300. (Presumably mostly Canadians.) Nearly two- 

 thirds of the Europeans held doctorates, while over three-fifths of 

 the Asians and North and Central Americans held doctorates.^®^ 



Other regions of the world than Asia falling within the LDC cate- 

 gory are also represented in the NSF statistics on foreign-born scien- 

 tists in the 1970 Register. Africa is listed with a total of 596 scientists 

 at all degree levels, that is. Ph. D., M.A., and baccalaureate; South 

 America with 556 ; North and Central America lumped together with 

 3,277 (presumably the largest percentage is from Canada) ; and other 

 areas of the world, 2,165.^®^ 



Thus, National Science Foundation data on the migration of scien- 

 tists, engineers and physicians to the United States through fiscal year 



1970 corroborate the judgments of those who contend that professional 

 immigration to the United States is increasing and that nations of the 

 LDCs are making a progressively greater contribution to that increase. 



NSF "highlights" ON IMMIGRANT SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, 

 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, EISCAL TEAR 19 72 



On August 20, 1973, the National Science Foundation published an 

 analysis of data on immigrant scientists, engineers, physicians, and 

 surgeons for the fiscal year 1972.^^^ According to the report, 11,300 

 immigrant scientists and engineers were admitted to the United States 

 in the fiscal year 1972, 14 percent below the 13,100 in the fiscal year 



1971 and still further below the 13,300 that entered in 1970. Reflected 

 in the 1972 figures was a reduction in numbers for almost all countries 

 in both Eastern and Western Hemispheres. (See Figure 6 and Table 

 13.) The 7,100 immigrant physicians and surgeons entering in 1972 

 was the largest inflow in the past two decades. In 1972, 5,700 entered. 

 Figures for 1971 and 1972 contrast sharply with the earlier yearly in- 

 flows of no more than 3,300. All regions of the world contributed to 

 this increase for 1972, particularly the LDCs.^^ 



iM Ibid., p. 7. ' 



^ Ibid., pp. 17-19. 



"8 Ibid. 



^" National Science Foundation, Science Resources Studies Highlights, Immigrant Scien- 

 tists and Engineers Decline in Fiscal Year 1972, Physicians Increase Sharply, Aug. 20, 1973, 

 4 pp. (Prepared In Manpower Utilization Studies Group, Division of Science Resources 

 studies). Hereafter cited as, NSF, Highlights, August 197 S. 



i» Ibid., p. 1. 



