The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provides criteria for evaluating combined professional and educational experience of foreign-born H-1B Work Visa applications. These criteria are used to establish candidate credentials. According to the USCIS website, to qualify as an Advanced Degree Professional:
“An alien can satisfy the advanced degree requirement by holding any of the following: (1) a U.S. master’s degree or higher, or a foreign degree evaluated to be the equivalent of a U.S. master’s degree or higher; or (2) a U.S. bachelor’s degree, plus five years of progressive, post-degree work experience. 8 CFR 204.5(k) ” More »
August 23rd, 2008 | Tags: administration, Business, H1B, India, Master, MBA, school, university, Visa | Category: Business & Finance, Education & Training, Employment | Leave a comment
You’ve probably read the statistics. A Bachelor’s Degree holder will earn approximately $2.1 million, lifetime. A Master’s Degree will net around $2.5 million in a 40-year career. A PhD? $3.4 million by retirement. The grand hunk o’change goes to the professional degrees (MBA, JD, MD), hauling in an estimated $4.4 million by age 65. Wow. Sign me up for grad school. Forgive my lack of excitement, but something is amiss. Consequently, I’m not the only one asking if grad school is really worth it. More »
August 7th, 2008 | Category: Business & Finance, Education & Training | Leave a comment
The cost of tuition is rising these days. And if you throw in the cost of living (thanks to rising oil prices), we figure that the annual cost of attending graduate school averages out to around $50,000/year. Too much? Well, congratulations to you, you frugal student you. Too little? Our condolences. Ever thought of what else you might do if someone handed you that money, no strings attached? More »
August 3rd, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle, The SGS Lists, Travel & Leisure | Leave a comment
Why not have federally funded textbooks (for basic subject matter) available — complete and unabridged — online? If the purpose of the the United States Department of Education really is “to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access (www.ed.gov),” then shouldn’t a collection of universally accessible, objectively written, and standardized textbooks be published by the DOE online?
Cast intrusive government fears aside for a second and consider that, at this moment, students are learning staple facts from textbooks chosen by individual professors and departments. Now, imagine the worst possible professor — one who wreaks of every political and social theory you despise — choosing the material that will shape the minds of 50 fresh-faced and eager-to-please students. Even worse, imagine that professor authoring a book that will be carried home by hundreds. In the game of political propaganda, he who gets his books into the hands of the students first wins. More »
August 3rd, 2008 | Category: Business & Finance, Education & Training | Leave a comment
Every employee has a story about “the boss from Hell.” Richard Wainwright is no exception. With a newly granted PhD in Computer Information Systems, his supervisor, Laura Callahan, stalked the halls of the Department of Labor, demanding that every employee refer to her as “Doctor.” When problems arose, her underlings were forced to keep quiet. And under a veil of secrecy and intimidation, she eventually rose to the rank of Deputy Chief Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. But what Wainwright knew about her pedigree would sink her star faster than you could say Dipscam. Laura Callahan was no PhD. In fact, she never achieved a degree higher than an Associates’. More »
July 7th, 2008 | Category: Business & Finance, Education & Training, Employment | Leave a comment
