The Myth of the “Skilled Immigrant”: Third World College Degrees Worthless

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The Myth of the “Skilled Immigrant”: Third World College Degrees Worthless, New US Immigration Study Reveals

The belief that “immigrants with college degrees” are bringing great skills to the US is completely false, as U.S.-degree holders out-score foreign-educated immigrants by a wide margin, according to literacy, numeracy, and computer operations administered by the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).


As detailed in a new report produced by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), while the “percentage of immigrants who arrive with a college or advanced degree has risen over the past decade, the extent to which foreign education translates into useful skills here in the United States is an open question.”

Based on English-language tests of literacy, numeracy, and computer operations administered by the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), the CIS study found that “among test-takers with at least a college education, U.S.-degree holders out-score foreign-educated immigrants by a wide margin.”

For example, among those with at least a college degree, native-born Americans score at the 74th percentile on literacy, while U.S.-educated immigrants score at the 66th percentile, and foreign-educated immigrants score at just the 42nd percentile.

“Policy-makers should therefore be cautious in treating foreign degrees as evidence of ‘high-skill’ immigration,” the report said
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[link to newobserveronline.com]