More than one million skilled immigrant workers, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers and their families, are competing for 120,000 permanent U.S. resident visas each year, creating a sizeable imbalance likely to fuel a “reverse brain-drain” with skilled workers returning to their home country, according to this report. The situation is even bleaker as the number of employment visas issued to immigrants from any single country is less than 10,000 per year with a wait time of several years.

This report tracked the educational backgrounds of immigrant entrepreneurs who were key founders of technology and engineering companies from 1995 to 2005 shows a strong correlation between educational attainment (particularly in science, technology, engineering and math) and entrepreneurship.

This Kauffman Foundation-sponsored report identifies which Kansas school districts are maximizing their resources and how less efficient districts can make improvements.

This study was the first in a series examining the importance of immigrant entrepreneurs to the U.S. economy.

Male academic scientists in the life sciences secure patents at more than twice the rate of their female colleagues, according to an analysis sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.