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Pentagon orders audits of university partners

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as the Trump administration scrutinizes the country's growing global influence.

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Reports & sources

18 articles, oldest first.

  1. Just the News

    Pentagon orders 30 American colleges to audit their foreign financial and research ties (opens Just the News)

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    The schools, which include New York University, Harvard and Georgetown University, must review identified foreign collaborations and assess any exposure of "sensitive or export-controlled research."

  2. Fox News

    Harvard, NYU among 30 universities hit with Pentagon foreign-tie audit deadline (opens Fox News)

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    The Pentagon ordered 30 universities to audit foreign ties or risk losing federal funding, targeting entities linked to China, Russia and Iran.

  3. American Greatness

    Pentagon Orders 30 American Universities to Audit Foreign Research, Financial Ties (opens American Greatness)

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    The Pentagon has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their research and financial ties with potential adversarial foreign entities by August 31, or risk losing […] Source

  4. Bangor Daily News

    Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities’ partnerships with foreign institutions (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as the Trump administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence.

  5. The Boston Globe

    Harvard, MIT, included in Pentagon orders to audit universities’ partnerships with foreign institutions (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The Department of Defense has ordered US universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions.

  6. The Guardian

    Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships (opens The Guardian)

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    Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk Thirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, un…

  7. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Pentagon orders audits of university partners (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as the Trump administration scrutinizes the country's growing global influence.

  8. Time

    What to Know About the Pentagon’s Crackdown on Universities’ Foreign Research Ties (opens Time)

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    Harvard and MIT were reportedly among the universities ordered to review and terminate “problematic” ties to foreign institutions or risk losing funding.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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