Today, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a call to the nation’s universities to protect free speech, academic standards in the age of AI, merit-based admissions, affordability, intellectual pluralism and foreign influence. [snip] This is an issue for both national security and domestic cultural and political influence. “Safeguarding Research Integrity from Malign Foreign Influence: How will your institutions protect academic programs from foreign influence, and safeguard the integrity of the research enterprise” the letter asks colleges. [snip] This is true for research universities like MIT and doubly true, though Secretary McMahon doesn’t mention it, for Georgetown, Columbia and feeder schools for the State Department and CIA whose graduates control our foreign policy. (*) Full article: https://www.frontpagemag.com/every-university-needs-a-policy-on-foreign-influence/ Post navigation Snapchat AI Sent a Private Chat to the FBI and One Teacher’s Arrest Exposed How the System Works Trump DOJ corners school district with 7-day ultimatum over trans policy keeping parents in the dark
