The majority are programs designed to expose foreign legal graduates to the American Common Law.
Strict application of immigration rules on foreign graduates sparked fears that the country could become less attractive for students.
He said the group had counted up to 1,000 cases of foreign graduates who had encountered problems.
But now, their best minds belong to foreign graduate and postdoctoral students.
More than a third of the slots went to foreign medical graduates or remained empty.
This would keep out foreign graduates, who make up 40 percent of the resident physicians being trained in New York.
The main rationale behind these schemes is the desire for Australia to benefit from the skills of foreign graduates.
The most famous foreign graduate, Linnaeus, stayed only a week, much of which time was spent printing his dissertation.
This year, the association is formally soliciting the participation of foreign graduates.
Whatever the reason for reliance on foreign graduates, it is not a shortage of Americans in these fields.