A Jaw-Droppingly Stupid Suggestion by a Political Leader

Carol Geary Schneider, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, frames the threat and the challenge more eloquently and succinctly than I can in her editorial for Inside Higher Ed. (Full disclosure: I am a social scientist by training and profession.) All should read her essay.

Eric Cantor's suggestion is all the more shocking and repulsive in that he is actually in a position of considerable power and influence.