Most China-tied 'Confucius Institutes' have shut down on US college campuses after funding losses: report
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Only about five Chinese government-tied Confucius Institutes are still open on U.S. college campuses after pressure from the federal government to restrict funding.
During former President Donald Trump's administration in 2018, Congress "restricted federal funding to schools with institutes; nearly all of the institutes have since closed," the GAO report explained. Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.
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"The number of Confucius Institutes at U.S. universities and colleges declined since 2019, from about 100 to fewer than five," the report continued.
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