Joseph Hobbs – MIT – The College Fix

Chinese influence on higher ed remains concern of Congress

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:04:53 +0000

Foreign adversaries use students to ‘undermine’ America,’ congressman warns China’s influence on higher education remains a concern of Congress, with Republicans and Democrats agreeing the country’s role must be combatted. Republican leaders focused on the issue during a hearing this summer, while other reports show elite universities continue to take money from China. There are at least 12…

Source

Florida restricts Chinese Communist Party’s influence on college campuses

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:00:36 +0000

‘We are following through on our commitment to crack down on Communist China,’ Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida public universities will have a harder time accepting grants or working with the People’s Republic of China and other “countries of concern” due to a recently enacted law. Senate Bill 846, which became effective on July 1, prohibits “state universities and state colleges from accepting…

Source

Cornell faculty condemn university’s CCP partnerships

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Tue, 02 May 2023 04:01:28 +0000

Sponsor warns of ‘ethical and intellectual compromises’ that come with partnering with China The Cornell Faculty Senate recently passed a resolution that condemned the Chinese Communist Party and asked the university to protect freedom of academic expression at home and abroad. The Faculty Senate passed Resolution 184 in light of the Chinese Communist Party’s politically and socially…

Source

Raytheon donates $4 million to Purdue for business and STEM initiative

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:05:39 +0000

New professorship will focus on using ‘innovative solutions’ to address ‘complex challenges’ Purdue University has received a $4 million donation from Raytheon Technologies to create a new chair that will focus on the intersection of business and STEM. The Raytheon Technologies Chair for Integrated Business and Engineering will be responsible for “support[ing] faculty leadership…

Source

Stanford’s Hoover Institution launches new effort on ‘emerging technologies’ and policy

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 05:04:20 +0000

Areas of focus include artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, cryptography and space systems A conservative think tank at Stanford University wants to see policymakers understand “emerging technologies” in order to address “national security challenges.” The Stanford Emerging Technology Review will be run out of the campus Hoover Institution, led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza…

Source

American universities remain target for China’s infiltration: intel analyst

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:02:45 +0000

UPDATED There is ‘intense pressure on Chinese students to enforce ideological conformity,’ the anti-CCP activist says The Chinese Communist Party continues to see American universities as a target for infiltration, an intelligence analyst and activist against the CCP told The College Fix recently. “[T]he Chinese government sees its students abroad as an extension of itself,” John Metz…

Source

Troy University maintains Confucius Institute in face of closures elsewhere

Joseph Hobbs - MIT — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:02:55 +0000

The centers act as a ‘soft power’ for the Communist regime, according to one scholar Troy University in Alabama continues to maintain its Chinese Communist Party-linked Confucius Institute, while other universities have closed similar centers in recent years. Alabama A&M University, for example, closed its Confucius Institute in 2021. Because of their connection to the Chinese Communist…

Source