President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood (L) testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood, Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testify during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood, Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testify during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)