Collaborations between U.S. universities and Chinese military-linked researchers have included STEM work with potential military applications such as anti-jamming communications and hypersonic vehicles, according to a Strider Technologies report.
October 13, 2025
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Examples of technical areas in U.S.–China academic collaborations that may have military applications.
Fee-paying international graduate students can generate revenue for universities that subsidizes other university activities, expand the pool of graduate teaching assistants, enable offering more undergraduate STEM courses, and reduce pressure to raise tuition.
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General economic mechanism describing how enrollment of paying international graduate students affects university finances and instructional capacity.