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3 Benefits and Risks Posed by Confucius Institutes to Academic Institutions
Pages 24-31

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From page 24...
... . In general, a CI has a director or directors, designated CI teachers, and a board of directors.
From page 25...
... Contractually, some but not all U.S. host institutions signed supplemental MOUs with their Chinese partner institutions (Kaleem et al., 2022)
From page 27...
... institutions of higher education are under no obligation to host a CI, there must be compelling reasons to establish a CI on a college or university campus. A primary benefit is that a CI provides a source of funds for teaching resources that build current and future capacity in Chinese language and culture at host institutions (Allen-Ebrahimian, 2018; Kaleem et al., 2022)
From page 28...
... . CI instructors can also assist with teacher training and developing teaching materials.1 In addition, the added resources that come with a CI might enable the host institution to augment cocurricular programming, such as convening conversation groups for students studying Chinese or to meet visiting scholars from China.
From page 29...
... According to the terms of some agreements between CIs and their host institutions, Hanban retains the right to approve proposed expenditures of funds for CI activities and programs. Some observers have expressed doubt that a CI would receive approval for any events involving speakers critical of China's stance on sensitive topics, leading to self-censorship.
From page 30...
... In addition, once recommended, CI instructors might be appointed without going through normal hiring channels subject to faculty involvement and oversight, and once appointed, instructors might not be subject to the control of the relevant academic department or unit (Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 2019a)
From page 31...
... For faculty to adequately discharge their shared governance responsibilities, such as executing decision authority over potential CI instructors and determining the nature of course offerings and materials, there should be sufficient transparency in university operations. If confidentiality provisions or other measures make it difficult to obtain information, meaningful shared governance may become impossible.


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