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Who needs skills when we're the Peter Principle nation, damn it. Now get me my order of french fries and then turn the coolant valve on the Nuke reactor.

Right now, there's no shortage of applicants to US medical schools. Yes, it's a graduate program in the biosciences but has a protected pipeline to a niche job market, which has both high pay and job security.

Thus, instead of generating science and engineering postdocs, with limited opportunities for working outside the academy as a temp, let's actually revive the real job market for science and engineering graduates, across the board.

Rin says

Right now, there's no shortage of applicants to US medical schools.

Or Engineering programs, even at Public Universities.

Foreigners continue to bang down the door trying to get into US Schools of all kinds, not just the Ivy League ones.

That says to me there is no problem.

They need to cut overhead and pensions, and raise tuition.