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Academic Life and Productivity in US Universities 721 ral science and engineering fields, accounting for 20.9% of faculty in these fields (35% of faculty in engineering and 39% in computer science)(national Science board, 2003; open doors, 2008). In many science, technology, engineering, and math (StEM) fields, international faculty make up to one-third of all new faculty hires, surpassing the number of US female hires and US hires from historically under-represented groups (Institute for International Education, 2006; nelson & rogers, 2005). International faculty and scholars come from all over the world. Currently, the highest numbers of international scholars come from China (22%), followed by India (9.4%), South korea (9.3%), japan (5.4%), germany (5%), and Canada (4.5%)(open doors, 2008). In the first half of the twenty-first century the majority of international faculty came from European countries. Since …