Show them the money and they will study.
In this age of mainline Republican's labor arbitrage and mainline Democrats' global village the individual American's willingness to run up tons of debt just to compete for India and China wages just ain't there. Sorry.
Besides, some of our best a brightest have donned uniforms and risk their butts protecting mainline Republicans and Democrats -- and all of us. Mainline Republicans and Democrats appreciate their efforts -- until they return to civilian life looking for a job paying enough for America's cost of living.
RE: "the speakers were careful to note that the figures from India and China may be somewhat skewed due to those nations' broader definitions of engineers."
Usually articles do not mention "broader definitions of engineers." There are connotations that I point out when in the past the article and / or replies go on about how "they're smart and we're not."
What connotations? Oh like, cheating and such things as the GRE being canceled in China and India because of it.
The GOP last month found out how far they can push the outsourceing BS, and have paid a heavy political price for it, lets see if the GOP can come back to it senses in the next few years.