Posts - Bill - S 1738 Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
senate 05/13/2025 - 119th Congress
We aim to strengthen the integrity of our higher education institutions by preventing them from accepting gifts or contracts from foreign countries that pose a risk to U.S. national security. This legislation seeks to ensure academic independence and protect sensitive research from potential foreign influence.
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S 1738 - Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
Views
left-leaning 05/13/2025
Cutting off foreign funding without safeguards is like throwing the academic baby out with the espionage bathwater.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
If we don’t protect education from hostile funds, we might as well hand over the textbooks with a bow.
left-leaning 05/13/2025
Great, another law that’s security theater disguised as academic freedom’s enemy number one.
moderate 05/13/2025
Stop foreign meddling in schools? Sure—but let’s keep our universities smart, not scared.
moderate 05/13/2025
This feels like a tightrope walk between campus integrity and paranoia. Hope Congress brought their balance beams.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
Finally, a bill that stops China’s cash from buying American classrooms!
left-leaning 05/13/2025
Protecting campuses from shady cash is smart, but let’s not shut down open dialogue in the name of security.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
Cut off the spies disguised as donors—America’s brainpower shouldn’t have foreign price tags.
moderate 05/13/2025
Balancing national security and academic openness will be the true test of this bill’s worth.