Tapping America's Potential

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Editorial and Op-ed Support March 2008

March 31, 2008 – Boston Globe – “Investing in the nation’s future”
IN MUMBAI last November, I addressed a conference of India's leading CEOs. Their interests had a single focus: What makes the American system of higher education such a powerful force for US prosperity? It was not an idle question, as India builds economic momentum. From 12,000 miles away, they understood something easy to lose sight of here at home, that this country's distinctively open, varied, and competitive system of higher education has served both as an escalator of individual social mobility and as an engine of our country's economic growth. Can we afford not to continue to invest in the future of our people and our nation?

March 25, 2008 - USA Today – “Giving visas to skilled workers bolsters economy”
Next Monday marks the first day employers can apply for some of the 65,000 temporary visas for highly skilled foreigners available for 2009. It may also be the last day. The available number of so-called H-1B visas, which last six years, has always run short of demand. But last April, when applications for this year came in, they exceeded the limit on the first day they were accepted.

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