September 29, 2024
Report: Shadows of Influence
Neetu Arnold
Foreign funding of American universities remains an open secret. This report details the underreporting of foreign gifts to universities by analyzing a complementary database compiled using public rec......
July 16, 2024
Report: China and Our Children
Ian Oxnevad
This report examines how the Chinese Communist Party uses language as a tool of asymmetric warfare and its deployed effects in the United States. Confucius Classrooms did not only expand from Confuciu......
September 27, 2022
Report: Hijacked
Neetu Arnold
America’s Middle East Studies Centers were originally founded to study the politics, culture, and language of Middle Eastern nations. But our analyses and case studies demonstrate that Middle Ea......
September 12, 2022
Report: Outsourced to Qatar
Neetu Arnold
This case study reveals how Qatar uses partnerships with American universities to advance its own interests and values. In partnering with Qatar, American universities have invested substantial t......
June 15, 2022
Report: After Confucius Institutes
Rachelle PetersonIan OxnevadFlora Yan
Confucius Institutes, once a strategic part of China's overseas influence campaign, have almost disappeared from the United States: 104 of 118 have shut down. But the demise of Confucius Institute......
August 30, 2020
Report: Corrupting the College Board
Rachelle Peterson
In exchange for generous Chinese government funding, the College Board has given China strategic access to American K-12 education. Since at least 2003, the College Board has sponsored Confucius Insti......
April 3, 2025
MTC: Deterring Foreign Influence Is a Marathon—DETERRENT Act Gets Us Started
Jared Gould
Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and emai......
March 6, 2025
Press Release: Press Release: NAS Supports the DETERRENT Act as a Necessary Action to Combat Foreign Influence in Higher Education
National Association of Scholars
The DETERRENT Act is a necessary step in curtailing the influence of countries that are antithetical to American values.
September 10, 2024
MTC: Biden’s Indifference to Foreign Influence is Affecting the Education Department Too
Neetu Arnold
There are a host of shady dealings between President Joe Biden and foreign interests—at least according to a 300-page impeachment report released by the House Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means......
February 23, 2023
Statement: NAS Statement on Safeguarding American Education from Foreign Influence
National Association of Scholars
The National Association of Scholars recommends policy action to remove foreign influence from American higher education to protect admissions, financial aid, and other educational opportunities for A......