That seems incredibly shortsighted to me. Assuming that, as mentioned in the above quote, it is the current political climate rather than parents’ own deeply-held beliefs precipitating the elimination of certain schools from a student’s application list. I think people need to keep in mind that the political “climate” is cyclical and that political global warming (unlike physical climate change) may not necessarily be a long-term trend. If we were to focus on current political trends, we’d all be urging our STEM students to change their majors to business. But I, for one, am not doing that at this time because I think my college student, who has not just an undergrad education to complete but years of post-grad studies in her future as well, should prepare for the future rather than the present.