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...American City” saw an undergraduate turnout of 313 the last time it was offered in Spring 2005. “The subject is worthy of broad discussion, and I am proud to be reaching a broad audience,” Krieger said. Enrollment in Life Sciences 1b, “An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences: Genetics, Genomics, and Evolution,” which also came in fourth place last spring with 412 undergraduates, dropped to 341 this semester...
Thank the H-1B visa for causing such headaches. One of the most versatile work visas issued to graduating foreign students (among others), the H-1B is capped by law at 65,000 visas a year, although an additional 20,000 visas are available for advanced degree-holders. Because of high demand, last year the cap was reached on May 26, before Harvard seniors received their degrees...
This meant that international students who had secured jobs in America were suddenly unable to work. Student visas expire a year after graduation, while H-1Bs begin in October. So students who graduated last June but failed to get an H-1B last fiscal year—about 40 members of the Class of 2006—will have to leave the country between next June and October. Consequently, many employers simply will not hire an international if she fails to get a visa immediately...
...real problem, of course, is the visa system, which ought to raise the annual limit. The H-1B program brings valuable expertise to U.S. industry and helps retain skilled workers educated in American institutions. Under current immigration rules, America risks educating some of the world’s brightest students and best talent, only to watch them take their skills elsewhere after graduation...
...while the issue is stalled at the national level, Harvard has a responsibility to do everything possible to make sure its graduating seniors can apply for H-B1s. Because the H-1B visas are provided only to skilled workers who can prove they have “fulfilled degree requirements,” it is impossible to apply for it until seniors have a received formal passing record—which, last year, did not happen until after the H-B1 cap was reached...