November 23, 2021
Article: Happy Thanksgiving from NAS!
David Acevedo
Before we sit down for Thursday's feast, here are five things we’re thankful for this holiday season.
October 20, 2021
Article: How Can State Legislatures Counter Chinese Influence in American Higher Education?
Rachelle Peterson
This written testimony by NAS Senior Research Fellow Rachelle Peterson focuses on the CCP's continual influence on American higher ed, as well as what state legislatures can do about it.
October 12, 2021
Article: Foreign Gift Disclosure Dies in Darkness
David Acevedo
Financial transparency in American higher ed remains an urgent topic for discussion and reform, even if the national education media has set it aside to fry bigger fish.
June 1, 2021
Article: Rubio Moves to Confront China, Senate Votes “Nay”
David Acevedo
When will federal lawmakers get serious about protecting American research?
March 31, 2021
Article: China's Confucius Institutes Might Be Closing, But They Succeeded
Rachelle Peterson
The United States is headed toward a post-Confucius Institute world. The CCP knows that and is prepared. Meanwhile, Chinese government influence is appearing under new guises.
March 23, 2021
Article: Confucius Institutes Get a Makeover
David Acevedo
The Chinese Communist Party is rebranding Confucius Institutes, an evasive ploy meant to avoid the public eye and continue exerting its soft power on American campuses.
February 11, 2021
Press Release: Scholars Call for Biden to Reinstate Transparency for Confucius Institutes
National Association of Scholars
President Biden has quietly withdrawn a Trump Administration policy proposal that would have required all colleges and K-12 schools to disclose any ties with Confucius Institutes.
February 2, 2021
Article: President Biden and Foreign Influence in Higher Ed
David Acevedo
In a new article for The Federalist, Rachelle Peterson enumerates the specific dangers coming from the CCP and offers to the Biden administration five recommendations for continued reforms.
January 13, 2021
Press Release: Scholars Encourage Reforms to the Higher Education Act
National Association of Scholars
How do we encourage reform of America’s costly, politicized, and dysfunctional system of higher education? NAS's policy recommendations in Freedom to Learn detail a way forward.