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- STATEMENT OF MS. SUSAN V. LAWRENCE, SPECIALIST IN ASIAN AFFAIRS, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
13 I believe in my heart that this is a noble project. It is not without risk, but it has the potential to benefit all of humanity. In my written testimony, I suggest that Congress consider cre- ating a scholarship program to ensure that students from families of modest means are able to study abroad at programs like these. I hope that you will take that proposal seriously. Thank you very much. [The prepared statement of Mr. Lehman follows:] VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 14 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-1.eps 15 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-2.eps 16 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-3.eps 17 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-4.eps 18 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-5.eps 19 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-6.eps 20 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-7.eps 21 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-8.eps 22 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248b-9.eps 23 Mr. S MITH . Mr. Lehman, thank you very much for your testi- mony. I would like to now ask Ms. Lawrence if she would proceed. STATEMENT OF MS. SUSAN V. LAWRENCE, SPECIALIST IN ASIAN AFFAIRS, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE Ms. L AWRENCE . Chairman Smith, Congressman Rohrabacher, Congressman Sherman, Congressman Meadows, thank you for this invitation to testify today. China’s Ministry of Education indicates it has so far approved 11 U.S. universities and 1 U.S. individual to work with Chinese part- ners to run cooperative education institutions in China, essentially joint campuses. The Ministry has granted three of these institu- tions independent legal person status, which may give them some greater autonomy in their operations than those without such sta- tus. Those three are NYU Shanghai, Duke Kunshan University, and Wenzhou-Kean University. In addition, the Chinese Ministry of Education has approved a broader set of U.S. universities to work with Chinese partners to offer degree programs on campuses operated solely by Chinese partners. More than 80 U.S. universities are involved in partner- ships to offer undergraduate degrees, and more than 30 U.S. uni- versities are involved in partnerships to offer graduate degrees in China. In all, universities from at least 36 of the 50 U.S. States ap- pear to be involved in approved cooperative educational institutions or programs in China. In the case of high-profile partnerships to establish new joint campuses, U.S. universities cite benefits in the forms of generous funding from the Chinese side, typically covering all campus con- struction costs and some or all operating costs; opportunities for new global research collaborations; and opportunities for students from the universities’ home campuses to broaden their education through study abroad. Critics of U.S. educational collaborations in China have focused on several areas of concern. The most prominent relates to the compromises U.S. universities may be forced to make with regard to academic freedom—the subject of this hearing. Educational institutions in China, including those with U.S. part- ners, are subject to an array of Chinese laws and administrative regulations and guidance documents. The key national laws include the 1995 Education Law and the 1998 Higher Education Law. Several provisions of the Higher Education Law have implica- tions for academic freedom on campuses with U.S. partners. As I will discuss later, however, not all of these provisions appear to be uniformly enforced. Article 10 of the Higher Education Law stipulates that the state ‘‘safeguards the freedom of scientific research, literary and artistic creations, and other cultural activities in institutions of higher learning according to law,’’ but it also says that such creations and activities should abide by law, potentially limiting such freedoms. Article 39 of the law outlines the leadership role of Communist Party committees in state-run higher education institutions. It states that Communist Party committees ‘‘exercise unified leader- ship over the work of the institutions’’ and that the committees’ du- VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL Yüklə 72,52 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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