This seems difficult to believe. Are they looking outside of the academic world?
The College Fix reports:
Purdue campus says it cannot find any Americans to teach marketing classes for $127,000A Purdue University campus that borders the city of Chicago is reportedly struggling to find qualified Americans to teach marketing classes for $127,000 per year. The questionable use of H1-B visas by a public university fits into a broader problem of the abuse of the program.Purdue University Northwest, located in the Indiana suburb of Hammond, posted an H1-B job listing for an “assistant professor of marketing.”The posting drew criticism from Andrew Ireland, a Republican state representative.“Does anyone seriously believe no American in the Chicago area can teach marketing for $127,500 a year,” he asked on X. “The same university even has a PHD program for marketing students.”Purdue University filed 228 H1-B applications in the 2025 fiscal year, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s “Employer Data Hub.” The university system has hired 1,900 H1-B workers since 2009.Rep. Ireland raises an important point, since these visas are supposed to be for “occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge.”Another requirement is that employers are truly unable to find a qualified American to fill the role. But this is not the first time the red state university has claimed it cannot find someone to fill a relatively common job position.
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