Sometimes I hear people say we don't need OPT because we have the O-1.
But that's not how America recruits superstar talent in real life.
A new report from
@CSETGeorgetown looks at how our STEM prize winners (Nobel, Lasker, ACM AM Turing, MIT Innovators Under 35) come to America and the student pipeline is key.
Two thirds first came to the United States as students!
All these people could get an O-1 today, but would they be here if they had to get one right when they graduated?
New from
@athinnyun, Kelly Beavan, and Zachary Arnold: