[The Antiyuppie]

“Europe does not produce and really never will the well educated bachelor’s level graduate.”

I’m not so sure about this statement. And, there is the “not here” factor...for example, there are many states (including mine) where your “state” degree will be utterly invisible outside the state line. OTOH, the goobs here seem to be impressed by “furriners”...

[Fai Mao]

I have a PhD from a university in China

By US Standards it is probably a 3rd rate degree. However because it is unusual I find that the degree is more valuable than a similar degree from a second tier State university. There is a certain wow factor to having that degree on my resume that sort of sets me apart from other candidates.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

I see a lot of them "furriners" in my experiences, working for US companies with lists of degrees and certifications a mile long (here on H1B visas). Most talk the buzzwords and fill their resumes with the techno-chatter degrees from foreign "schools" that impress the headhunters, along with salary demands that fit the CFO's budget. The money counters think they got a great deal by hiring "offshore" and firing their long-term skilled and (they think) overpriced technical US employees to save $$$. In the long run, these replacements aren't worth the fuel to send them back to where they came from, and end up burdening the companies vendors (me) to bail their butt out when they can't deliver their companies requirements.

I've already "Gone Galt" on one business doing this practice, as I am sick and tired of the management of US companies shafting US citizens for the short-term, their own companies, and the US in particular in the long-term...

Lord knows, there's going to be hell to pay....

[Nifster]

Untrue in regards state degrees not being acknowledged.....Unless you are going to something that has NO accreditation state degrees are just as good as Ivy league. The catch is MOST engineers do not have advanced degrees. Instead they have experience. That is much more valuable. The time that an advanced degree becomes important is if you want to be a doc or a college professor.