1. The largest returnee tide in history: there are too many people to stay.
As of the end of 2016, the total number of returnees had reached two million six hundred and fifty one thousand one hundred, up from four hundred and thirty two thousand five hundred in 2016 alone, an increase of 58.48 percent in just four years.
What is the main reason of "returnee tide"?
Because there are too many people to stay.
The biggest "returnee tide" corresponds to the biggest "stay in campus upheaval." in 2016, the great Chinese parents sent out a total of five hundred and forty four thousand five hundred foreign students, setting a record.
Against the growing army of studying abroad is the tightening of immigration policies in major countries studying abroad.
In 2016, three hundred and thirty thousand of the five hundred and forty four thousand five hundred Chinese students chose the United States, and immigration policy has been tightened since Trump took office, especially for international students.
In mid-April, Trump signed an executive order to tighten the visa program. This visa has always been the best way for foreign students to emigrate to the United States.
At the end of April, the two lawmakers formally submitted a bill to Congress to reform the visa, which included a provision requiring an annual salary of more than $ one hundred and ten thousand for the applicants, which has left many overseas students desperate. Because most people`s first contract does not reach this number. Although the bill is still in the process of being proposed, American companies that are "at the helm" are afraid to hire foreigners because of the uncertainty of their policies, leading to the loss of job opportunities for many foreign students.
In August, the Department of Homeland Security drafted a plan to require foreign students to reapply for residence permits every year to strengthen national security. In addition, H B visa reform and travel ban also make foreign students face more serious challenges.
For applicants, getting a job visa is more difficult than the Beijing swing.
This is the case in the United States, and the situation in Canada, another big country studying abroad, is not much better.
A 2015 survey by the Canadian International Bureau of Education and another in British Columbia found that about 60 percent of international students believe immigration is one of the determinants of their study in Canada.
So want to stay, but how many people can really stay?
Between 2004 and 2013, only 25% of graduates received permanent resident status, according to the Vancouver Sun.
Chinese parents send so many children out, after all, can leave a few, in the end, still have to be a "returnee", compete with local students.
2. Basic non-return of immigrants: 82% of doctorates prefer to stay in the United States
As we all know, the United States is recognized as the best doctoral training system, American universities are wide-cut, and American doctorates are strict-entry and strict-output. In particular, the popular major in famous schools, the acceptance rate is less than 3%. So the Ph.D.`s gold content is recognized by the community.
Compared to a bachelor`s degree or a master`s degree in the United States, the opportunity for Ph. D. to emigrate to the United States by taking a job contract is much greater.
According to the (Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, published in 2011, nearly 2/3 of foreign doctoral students remain in the United States in the decade after receiving their doctorates.
The vast majority of science and engineering doctorates chose to stay in the United States for five years or more after graduation. It seems that it is right to learn math physics and chemistry well, and all over the world are not afraid of it.
Most of the Ph. D. graduates from the United States come from China and India. Chinese and Indians accounted for 66% of the doctorates who remained in the United States five years after graduation.
Doctors are also more interested in studying abroad. According to a 2015 survey conducted by the National Science Foundation of the United States on individuals with doctorates from American academic institutions, between 2009 and 2015, a total of 31218 Chinese students went to the United States to obtain doctorates. Eighty-two percent of them want to stay in the United States.
3. Most of the people who returned home regretted it.
Although the school district room in China is more and more valuable, but the academic background is less and less valuable, foreign education is no exception.
In the White Paper on American Employment for Chinese students in 2017, the salaries of returned students are lower than expected. Monthly income below 10, 000 yuan, as high as 82%, compared with 10, 000 to 30, 000 yuan only 15%.
Even according to domestic living standards, a salary of 10,000 yuan in Beijing can only be "hehe".
In places like North, Shangguang and Shenzhen, the overall price is now higher than in most cities in the United States, and the average starting salary for American undergraduate graduates is 30,000 yuan, and the average mid-career salary is 50,000 yuan. If you stayed in the United States at the beginning, In terms of salary and price, it is much better.
Some parents regret seeing their children, who spend a lot of money, not only fail to stay abroad, but only find low-paying jobs when they get back. Needless to say, career is a long-distance race, most people start very slowly. The most important thing is that no matter which school you go to, you can afford to pay for your parents` tuition no matter which school you go to.
At this point, Indian students, who are also one of the largest groups of American students, are generally better off than Chinese students.
In 2016, 80 percent of Chinese students did not get any internships after graduating from the United States, while Indian students found much more jobs than Chinese students.
The seriousness of Chinese students can be called effort, Indian students are desperate.
Why? The language advantages of Indian students and their ability to integrate into American society are one reason, but more importantly because there is no "strong motherland" or rich parents behind the Indian students. Many Indian students have borrowed money for their tuition.
If they want a good job, they have to stay in the United States. Basically Indians in the United States are the best people in India. They have a greater sense of purpose. They came to the United States for only one purpose, that is, to find a job to stay.
Chinese students have a better way to return home than Indian students, so they don`t have to work hard, and don`t know if it`s a blessing or a misfortune.
Gong Zizhen, the great poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in a poem: "Science is also important to people, and people are known as people."
When a school is proud of a celebrity student, it is this student who has added to the school`s reputation. If a person has no bright spot but only a Harvard name, then he or she will basically know that person`s weight is two.
We often hear that foreign highly educated people are engaged in blue-collar jobs, or even difficult to find a job. This is a sign of the high level of education in society as a whole. When college graduates are everywhere, besides diplomas, they need you to have real talent and practical learning.
Isn`t China developing in this way, too?
