MIT warns - don't close door with Chinese scholars

In the continuing barrage of negative messages about other cultures and countries, those committed to advancing knowledge need to hold a steady course in partnering with scholars from all backgrounds. In a message reinforcing this point, MIT's President, Rafael Reif, said that "Harsh rhetoric against most immigrants and a range of other groups, because of religion, race, ethnicity or national origin... have turned the volume all the way up on the message that the U.S. is closing the door - that we no longer seek to be a magnet for the world's most driven and creative minds."