Ryan, the point is that a lot of Americans don't take engineering degrees - the work is too hard and those coming from public schools are unprepared.
It wasn't only a dig at creationists it was a dig at the entire culture that embraces theological explanations for the natural world and how it works.
Yep, we certainly could get a lot of foreign philosophy students and history students but there are not nearly enough jobs to place the ones we're churning out.
I don't know enough about the current status of stipends to comment but I'm always amazed at how much students whine about their debt. Imagine! Someone getting out of medical school with 150K debt. That's two Beemers.
CalTech and MIT engineers shouldn't whine either - they are in high demand and the slots could be filled with Americans but our guys can't hack it.
