Several foreign governments have invested heavily in our colleges and universities, intent on influencing students and the public in general into seeing them in a positive light. Should we be concerned?

In today’s Martin Center article, Aaron Pomerantz argues that we should.

He writes:

Given the broader problem of hostile foreign influence within American society — from elections to social media to higher education — legislation like the DETERRENT Act is necessary, but insufficient to resolve the matter. Although debates about foreign influence, including Qatar’s, might suffuse political spheres, no equivalent discussion has emerged within higher education.

Read the whole thing.