Ranking Republicans from seven different House committees are asking the Education Department to provide information about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) investment in American colleges and universities to advance its overseas interests.
In the wake of recent reports claiming Beijing is moving to suppress academic research into the origins of the virus that’s triggered a global pandemic, the lawmakers wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to “seek a better understanding” of her department’s efforts to address unreported foreign direct investment into American institutions of higher education (IHEs).
