Can there be any correlation between the rise of the wingnuts and the fact that the number of foreign nationals applying to U.S. graduate schools has declined in the years since 9/11?
A new survey shows that the number of foreign graduate students enrolling for the first time at American universities is down 6 percent this year - the third successive decline after 10 years of growth. Educators worry that the trend is eroding America's position as the world's leader in higher education