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TABLE 25.-ESTI MATED EDUCATIONAL COST TO SENDING NATIONS OF IMMIGRANT SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, 

 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ENTERING UNITED STATES FROM LDC'S AS IMMIGRANTS FISCAL YEAR 1971 AND 

 1972 



Area 



All countries 



All LDCsi 



West Europe: Greece 



Latin America^ 



Asia 



Near and Middle East. 



Far East 



China 



India 



Korea 



Pakistan. 



• Philippines 



Other 



Africa 



Egypt , 



Other 



All other areas 



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

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



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

 Canada) and South America. 



The statistical data in this table on number of immigrants are drav/n from, NSF, "Highlights, Immigrant Scientists 

 and Engineers, Aug. 20, 1973,* ' p. 2. 



This table uses the figure of $20,000 as the cost of education per person. This figure was used 7 years ago (in 1967) by 

 Dr. Kidd and the House Government Operations Committee. Some sources say the estimate is high; others say it is 

 conservative. Thus, the estimate ought to be regarded as only an approximation of cost to the sending nation?. 



The table is based upon 2 assumptions, (1) that the $20,010 of education cost per person is a reasonable estimate; and 

 (2) that those professionals entering as immigrants are remaining and establishing permanent residency. 



In recent years educational losses to tlie LDCs from the emigration 

 of professionals have continued on an upward swiiif;^. The most recent 

 NSF data on the admission of scientists and engineers (physicians 

 will be considered below) indicates that some 11,102 entered the United 

 States from the LDCs as immigrants in the fiscal year 1971. (See Table 

 23.) This total figure represents 165 from Greece; 836 from Latin 

 America; 9,423 from Asia; 589 from Africa; and 89 from other areas 

 of the world. Excluded in these figures are immigrants from what 

 appeared to be the developed countries of Western and Eastern Europe 

 and Canada. By taking Dr. Kidd's 1967 conservative estimate of 

 $20,000 per person, the total educational cost to the LDCs for the fiscal 

 year 1971, assuming that these immigrants remain, is $222,040,000. 

 (See Table 23.) The total educational cost, including physicians and 

 surgeons, is $326,300,000. For Latin America, the cost for 836 immi- 

 grant scientists and engineers totals $16,720,000; the total cost includ- 

 ing physicians and surgeons is $27,560,000. For Asia, the educational 

 cost for the 9,423 immigrant scientists and engineers amounts to 

 $188,460,000; including physicians and surgeons brings the total to 

 $276,060,000. India's 4,226 immigrant scientists and engineers cost an 

 estimated $84,520,000; including physicians and surgeons brings the 

 total to $105,660,000. The cost of 1,528 immigrant scientists and engi- 

 neers from the Philippines comes to an estimated $30,560,000, and 

 including the physicians and surgeons increases the costs to $51,360,000. 



