THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Policy and Global Affairs
U.S. Science and Innovation Policy
Committee on Confucius Institutes at U.S. Institutions of Higher Learning
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Congressional Briefing
Monday, January 9, 2023 – 1:30 p.m.
via Zoom
on
Confucius Institutes at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education:
Waiver Criteria for the Department of Defense
Requested by Congress in P.L. 116-283, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, this new report, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is the first of two. The report looks at Confucius Institutes (CIs) at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education (Confucius Institutes are Chinese government-funded language and culture centers) and presents a set of findings and recommendations for waiver criteria to potentially permit the continued presence of CIs on U.S. university campuses that also receive Department of Defense funding.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on January 10, 2023 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.