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Foreign University Degrees No Guarantee of Literacy or Numeracy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The immigration industry in Canada like to boast that newcomers are more highly educated than Canadians. However, even if the credentials are not fake (and many a university graduation certificate is bought in India and China), the poor quality of many Third World post-secondary institutions make these credentials less impressive than they may at first sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Foreign College Degrees Are Not Evidence of ‘High-Skill’ Immigration<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Immigrants educated abroad are less skilled than those with U.S. degrees<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2019) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>A new report published by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that immigrants with foreign college degrees perform substantially worse than those with U.S. degrees on tests of literacy, numeracy, and computer operations. The results, based on tests administered by the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), may help explain why the rising education level of new immigrants has not improved employment, income, poverty, and welfare use as much as expected.<\/p>\n

Jason Richwine, an independent public policy analyst and the author of the report, commented, “Policy-makers should be cautious in treating foreign degrees as evidence of ‘high-skill’ immigration. If legislators are considering a move towards a merit-based system, they should look beyond educational credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n

A\u00a0panel<\/strong>\u00a0discussion on the study is planned for later this week.<\/p>\n

View the full report at:\u00a0https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/ForeignEducated-Immigrants-Are-Less-Skilled-US-Degree-Holders<\/a><\/p>\n

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