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  • China has grip on US higher education despite closure of Confucius Institutes

    07/02/2022 7:58:14 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 10 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | Updated Jun 27, 2022, 09:12 AM | Jeremiah Poff, Education Reporter & Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter
    Republican lawmakers called on the Biden administration to monitor Chinese influence in higher education better after a report detailed that a number of universities had reorganized cooperation agreements with the Chinese government. Earlier this month, the National Association of Scholars showed how a number of Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes had reorganized and were still largely functional even as the universities claimed they had closed the centers. Under the Trump administration, the Chinese cultural centers had drawn significant scrutiny due to their ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The national security concerns voiced by government officials ultimately led most colleges to...