Don’t expect academic officials to pull away any time soon.
Americans have fully woken up to the harsh reality that their nation’s top geopolitical foe, China, has established a firmly planted enormous business footprint within the interior of the United States. They may or may not want to take a similar look at higher education, however, as the situation there is even more alarming.
“Nearly 200 US colleges and universities held contracts with Chinese businesses, valued at $2.32 billion, between 2012 and 2024, according to a review by The Wall Street Journal of disclosures made to the Education Department,” the paper reported in April. “The extensive trade in American expertise presents a quandary for universities and policymakers in Washington: Where’s the line between fostering academic research and…
