Washington DC, May 30 -- Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on China has sent a letter to the leaders of Carnegie Mellon, Purdue University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland, and the University of Southern California, asking for details about their policies and practices related to the enrollment of Chinese national students in advanced STEM programs and their engagement in federally funded research, as reported by the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (SCCCP).

The letter underscores the growing dangers associated with China's deliberate attempts to leverage American universities for technological and military gains.

Intelligence officials have indicated that Am...