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Science 19 August 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5738, p. 1167
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5738.1167d
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A surge in the number of U.S. students pursuing graduate degrees in science and engineering has helped raise overall graduate enrollment in technical fields at U.S. universities to a record high of 474,203 in 2003, according to a report released last week by the National Science Foundation. The number, representing a 4% increase over 2002, was reached in spite of an 8% decrease in first-time foreign student enrollment. That decline followed a similar drop in 2002, confirming a trend that many attribute to the toughening of U.S. visa policies. But a 6% increase in domestic students' enrollments more than compensated for the decline.

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