Some professors contend the moves violate the principles of academic freedom that many universities have followed for decades.“Political operatives have basically used their positions of power — political power, economic power — to demand that the institutions conform to their ideas,” sai...

June 1, 2025 6:00 amScores of American higher education institutions, ranging from community colleges to the Ivy League, maintain partnerships with Chinese universities that public documents and the United States government have linked to the People’s Liberation Army. At least 60 U.S. college...