US EditionLIVE NOW: House Education Committee Holds Hearing on Foreign Espionage in Universities
Interim President Domenico Grasso emphasized swift action on rare security breaches and cooperation with federal agencies amid partisan debates over foreign espionage in U.S. universities.
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The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on Thursday (March 26) focusing on foreign infiltration, theft of research results, and national security risks faced by U.S. universities. Republican lawmakers and some witnesses warned that U.S. universities still have significant vulnerabilities in terms of foreign espionage, sensitive technology transfer, and cross-border repression, with security threats related to China being …
GOP Decries Chinese Higher Ed “Espionage”; Dems Focus On Other Issues
The House Ed and Workforce Committee chair referred to Democrats’ questions as an “alternate hearing” from the one he called on foreign threats. Republicans and Democrats spent roughly two and a half hours Thursday holding what a committee chairman called “alternate” hearings, with the GOP raising concerns about foreign espionage in higher ed while the minority party denounced student debt and continued moves to dismantle the Education Departmen…
Stefanik grills University of Michigan leader on lack of audit after string of Chinese national arrests
Rep. Elise Stefanik pressed University of Michigan interim president Domenico Grasso on Chinese student spying, and Grasso admitted no security audit was conducted.
Democrats Say Chinese Spying at Universities a ‘Xenophobic Conspiracy Theory’
At a Thursday hearing, Democrats claimed Republicans are engaging in “xenophobia” by looking into Chinese espionage on American college campuses. “We should not be launching xenophobic attacks on our students,” Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., stated at a House Committee on Education and the Workforce…
Democrats Say Chinese Spying at Universities a 'Xenophobic Conspiracy Theory'
At a Thursday hearing, Democrats claimed Republicans are engaging in “xenophobia” by looking into Chinese espionage on American college campuses. “We should not be launching xenophobic attacks on our students,” Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., stated at a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing Thursday morning. The hearing, titled “U.S. Universities Under Siege: Foreign Espionage, Stolen Innovation, and the National Security Threat,”…
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