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  "context": {
    "current": "The operator directory is current as retrieved, but is not an active-program census. No current nationwide operating total is verified for these three categories.",
    "dates": "Reference periods retain their original year/month/day precision. Reported-by dates and retrieval dates are not invented measurement dates.",
    "definition": "Institutes, K-12 classroom reports and documented institute successors are separate categories. No combined center total is calculated.",
    "history": "Dated observations, not annual estimates. Host coverage, source methods and counting units differ; no connected or interpolated trend is drawn.",
    "rights": "Selected factual aggregates and factual record fields only; no report prose, artwork, raw reports, contact information or administrative directory fields are redistributed.",
    "successors": "Source-reported replacements are cumulative documentation, not a current census. Proposed replacements, retained partnerships and transfers are separate, potentially overlapping classifications."
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      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_classroom_inventory_2024",
      "locator": "Executive Summary; inventory includes current/former cases",
      "notes": "An incomplete inventory mixing schools and school systems, not 164 active classrooms.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2024-07-16",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "classrooms_inventory",
      "source_id": "nas_classrooms_2024",
      "value": 164
    },
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      "bound": null,
      "id": "cief_classrooms",
      "locator": "Complete U.S. directory response, classified by program name",
      "notes": "Directory entries only, not a verified current operating count.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2026-10-24",
      "reference_basis": "retrieved",
      "series_id": "classrooms_listed",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "value": 7
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "mfa_2014_classrooms_reported",
      "locator": "Spokesperson press conference, U.S. Confucius Institute question",
      "notes": "Official statement; source counting definitions not independently harmonized.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2014-09-29",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "classrooms_reported",
      "source_id": "mfa_2014",
      "value": 366
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2017_classrooms_reported",
      "locator": "Summary",
      "notes": "Report-period snapshot from the April 2017 report, amended June 2017; no exact measurement month or end-of-year census is inferred.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2017",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "classrooms_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_2017",
      "value": 501
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "senate_classrooms_2019",
      "locator": "Executive Summary, printed page 1",
      "notes": "Reported classroom school sites; not physical classroom rooms.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2019-02",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "classrooms_reported",
      "source_id": "senate_2019",
      "value": 519
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "gao_campus_2018",
      "locator": "GAO-19-278, Highlights, Why GAO Did This Study; public release February 27, 2019",
      "notes": "Confucius Institutes at U.S. colleges and universities",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2018-12",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_campus",
      "source_id": "gao_2019",
      "value": 96
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "crs_dec2022",
      "locator": "Pages 1-2",
      "notes": "CRS reports the National Academies' college/university count, approximately seven.",
      "qualifier": "approximate",
      "reference": "2022-12",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_campus",
      "source_id": "crs_2023",
      "value": 7
    },
    {
      "bound": 5,
      "id": "gao_campus_2023",
      "locator": "GAO-24-105981, printed page 1 (PDF page 5), specifies July 2023",
      "notes": "Operating Confucius Institutes at U.S. colleges and universities",
      "qualifier": "less_than",
      "reference": "2023-07",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_campus",
      "source_id": "gao_2023",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "cief_institutes",
      "locator": "Complete U.S. directory response, classified by program name",
      "notes": "Directory entries only, not a verified current operating count.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2026-10-24",
      "reference_basis": "retrieved",
      "series_id": "institutes_listed",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "value": 10
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_history_2006",
      "locator": "Printed page 30, historical discussion",
      "notes": "Retrospective source count; no month/day or continuous annual series is inferred.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2006",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 11
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_history_2007",
      "locator": "Printed page 30, historical discussion",
      "notes": "Retrospective source count; no month/day or continuous annual series is inferred.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2007",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 31
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "mfa_2014_institutes_reported",
      "locator": "Spokesperson press conference, U.S. Confucius Institute question",
      "notes": "Official statement; source counting definitions not independently harmonized.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2014-09-29",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "mfa_2014",
      "value": 100
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_history_2015",
      "locator": "Printed page 30, historical discussion",
      "notes": "Retrospective source count; no month/day or continuous annual series is inferred.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2015",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 109
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2017_institutes_reported",
      "locator": "Summary",
      "notes": "Report-period snapshot from the April 2017 report, amended June 2017; no exact measurement month or end-of-year census is inferred.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2017",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_2017",
      "value": 103
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "usc_nov2021",
      "locator": "Article introduction",
      "notes": "Some included programs had announced future closures.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2021-11-18",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "usc_2021",
      "value": 30
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "crs_apr2022",
      "locator": "Page 2",
      "notes": "Includes four announced closures, one institute under review and four non-college hosts. CRS attributes the count to NAS.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2022-04",
      "reference_basis": "as_of",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "crs_2022",
      "value": 18
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_listed_jun2023",
      "locator": "Current sheet, ten institution rows",
      "notes": "Includes non-university hosts and one paused program. Listed, not ten independently verified operating institutes.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2023-06-22",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "institutes_reported",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "value": 10
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2022_institutes_transferred",
      "locator": "Executive Summary, printed page 7",
      "notes": "Counts are source-coded institutions and may overlap; not an active-program census.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2022-06",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "institutes_transferred",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 5
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2022_partners_retained",
      "locator": "Executive Summary, printed page 7",
      "notes": "Counts are source-coded institutions and may overlap; not an active-program census.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2022-06",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "partners_retained",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 58
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2022_successors_documented",
      "locator": "Executive Summary, printed page 7",
      "notes": "Counts are source-coded institutions and may overlap; not an active-program census.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2022-06",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "successors_documented",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 28
    },
    {
      "bound": 28,
      "id": "nas_successors_2023",
      "locator": "Explicit Updated June 22, 2023 header and summary of post-closure replacements",
      "notes": "U.S. institutions reported by NAS to have replaced their institute with a similar program; not a current operating-program census",
      "qualifier": "at_least",
      "reference": "2023-06-22",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "successors_documented",
      "source_id": "nas_tracker_2023",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "bound": null,
      "id": "nas_2022_successors_proposed",
      "locator": "Executive Summary, printed page 7",
      "notes": "Counts are source-coded institutions and may overlap; not an active-program census.",
      "qualifier": "exact",
      "reference": "2022-06",
      "reference_basis": "reported_by",
      "series_id": "successors_proposed",
      "source_id": "nas_2022",
      "value": 12
    }
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      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-11-25 15:43:04",
      "id": "cief:4491002000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at China Institute",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491002000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491002000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2026-09-02 22:44:58",
      "id": "cief:4491008000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at Webster University",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491008000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491008000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:11:49",
      "id": "cief:4491016000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute of the State of Washington",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491016000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491016000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:11:34",
      "id": "cief:4491022000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at East Central Ohio Educational Service Center",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491022000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491022000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:11:21",
      "id": "cief:4491026000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at Davis School Disrict",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491026000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491026000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:10:17",
      "id": "cief:4491027000",
      "institution": "Chinese Language and Culture Center of Maine Confucius Institute",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491027000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491027000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 14:16:12",
      "id": "cief:4491035000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at Western Kentucky",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491035000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491035000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:11:08",
      "id": "cief:4491036000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at San Diego",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491036000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491036000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:09:19",
      "id": "cief:4491039000",
      "institution": "Arizona Confucius Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4491039000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4491039000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-02 17:10:14",
      "id": "cief:4492052000",
      "institution": "Confucius Institute at Minnetonka Public Schools",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4492052000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4492052000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:16:36",
      "id": "cief:4493003000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at Shaker Heights High School",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493003000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493003000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:16:46",
      "id": "cief:4493004000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at Germantown Academy",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493004000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493004000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:17:19",
      "id": "cief:4493006000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at Johnson University",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493006000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493006000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:16:28",
      "id": "cief:4493010000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at Maryknoll School",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493010000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493010000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:16:55",
      "id": "cief:4493012000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom in Oyster River School District",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493012000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493012000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:17:03",
      "id": "cief:4493013000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at Berwick Academy",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493013000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493013000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "classification": "directory_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "directory_updated_at": "2025-12-03 15:17:27",
      "id": "cief:4493015000",
      "institution": "Confucius Classroom at St. Xavier High School",
      "notes": "A directory listing does not establish that the program remains open. Website enable is a publishing control, not operational status.",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "source_date": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "cief_directory",
      "source_record_id": "4493015000",
      "url": "https://ci.cn/en/site/4493015000/",
      "website_enable": "0"
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "South China University of Technology",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "5/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.uidaho.edu/class/iai"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:0037551900995d",
      "institution": "University of Idaho",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-02-07",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "ID",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Jiangxi Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "9/2017",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:00ccafa8795146",
      "institution": "University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-10-11",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "IL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shanghai University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "3/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.engr.uky.edu/international/partnerships"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:023497c9770006",
      "institution": "University of Kentucky",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-11-06",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "KY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Renmin University of China",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "5/2021 announced",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:0386721f29c722",
      "institution": "Columbia University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-18",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
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      "institution": "University of Nebraska Lincoln",
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      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:07b72be0217027",
      "institution": "Kennesaw State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-08-17",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:088ddde7cb38ef",
      "institution": "University of Alaska, Anchorage",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-09-08",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
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    },
    {
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      "country": "USA",
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:0d47318eff0459",
      "institution": "Binghamton University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-11-06",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
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    },
    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:103f798ef7064f",
      "institution": "Pfeiffer University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "9/1/2008",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:108277363aa695",
      "institution": "University of Akron",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-11-03",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
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    },
    {
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      "chinese_partner": "Liaoning Normal University",
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      "country": "USA",
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      "id": "nas-closure:10aa779e970766",
      "institution": "Miami University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-08-04",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "South-Central University for National Studies",
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      "country": "USA",
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      "id": "nas-closure:1319bf1ac993e5",
      "institution": "University of Wisconsin-Platteville",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-09-17",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "id": "nas-closure:136de5f93f3d57",
      "institution": "University of California, Los Angeles",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-10-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
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      "chinese_partner": "Capital Normal University",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:1a8b6638ac2f2b",
      "institution": "University of Minnesota",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-09-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
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      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Nanjing Forestry University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:1a96aa8afada69",
      "institution": "Alabama A&M University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-08-05",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
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    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Southeast University",
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      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:256e7d03e63636",
      "institution": "University of Texas - Dallas",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-11-05",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:2badf62a09fc85",
      "institution": "North Carolina State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-10-27",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Renmin University of China",
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      "country": "USA",
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      "id": "nas-closure:2d92afcec4b396",
      "institution": "University of Chicago",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-09-29",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:2ebfbf1407c001",
      "institution": "Tulane University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-01-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      "id": "nas-closure:2eedd8d710a32d",
      "institution": "Miami Dade College",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-04-29",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:340e80234a7fed",
      "institution": "Valparaiso University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-07-23",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
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    {
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      "chinese_partner": "Shanghai Jiao Tong University",
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      "id": "nas-closure:3bb9143ef1c3e0",
      "institution": "Purdue University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-05-14",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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      "transfer_flag": ""
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:45174c91a28566",
      "institution": "George Mason University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-04-16",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
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      "id": "nas-closure:45a9ce3da17af7",
      "institution": "Southern Utah University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-10-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
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      "id": "nas-closure:47adcfa804a2eb",
      "institution": "University of North Carolina Charlotte",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "3/2017",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
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      "id": "nas-closure:47e48d2cf37583",
      "institution": "San Diego State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-10-30",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
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      "replacement_flag": "",
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      "country": "USA",
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      "id": "nas-closure:4afcd2c8d2d69b",
      "institution": "Alfred University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-01-20",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Nanjing University",
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      "id": "nas-closure:4eb43127a7e62b",
      "institution": "Emory University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-03-09",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
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      "id": "nas-closure:507c5ac8922387",
      "institution": "San Francisco State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-02-15",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
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      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:52244475413d66",
      "institution": "Kansas State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-06-12",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:5866f842b0893d",
      "institution": "Northwest Nazarene University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "8/2012",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
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    {
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      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:60ad74dd5ad644",
      "institution": "Arizona State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-10-22",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
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    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shandong Normal University",
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      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:638947f67c69e8",
      "institution": "Central Connecticut State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-05-20",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CT",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hubei University of Economics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/2019",
      "country": "USA",
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        "https://www.aum.edu/collaborative-partnerships-distance-education/current-international-partnerships/#1617994438433-a9e93eee-bf73"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:64e37ca3409ffd",
      "institution": "Auburn University at Montgomery",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-11-02",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "AL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Tianjin University of Finance & Econoimics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:6abfa1737c03c6",
      "institution": "West Virginia University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-11-05",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "WV",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Qingdao University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:6ac2429f880971",
      "institution": "University of South Florida",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-12-11",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "FL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Wenzhou Medical University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2021-12-31",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:72db3cf69dcee9",
      "institution": "State College of Optometry, State University of New York",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "3/8/2010",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "China University of Geosciences, Wuhan",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "3/2021 announced unclear closure date",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://china.bryant.edu/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:755ef31caa5c37",
      "institution": "Bryant University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-09-14",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "RI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Soochow University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Spring 2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:776be42c603bda",
      "institution": "Portland State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-05-16",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "OR",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Renmin University of China",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:79621155f9fe25",
      "institution": "University of Michigan",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-06-26",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M?",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "University of Jinan",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "9/30/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:796ce5108d7e38",
      "institution": "Community College of Denver",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-02-25",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CO",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Jiaotong University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Summer 2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:7c5a2d826c4272",
      "institution": "Texas Southern University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-12",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TX",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shandong University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/14/confucius-institute-american-college-campuses-foreign-mission-china-complete-list-closings/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:7fc72c61673e58",
      "institution": "University of California Santa Barbara",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2015",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "10/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:80a5b576b33a9e",
      "institution": "University of Oklahoma",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-08-23",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "OK",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "University of Jinan",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "5/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://northern.edu/programoptions"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:823fde5dec3a42",
      "institution": "Northern State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2015-04-10",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "SD",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Guizhou University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Fall 2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:8497fec0d96cf3",
      "institution": "Presbyterian College",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-11-06",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "SC",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Nankai University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Spring 2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:86954201c780cf",
      "institution": "University of Maryland",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2005-03-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MD",
      "transfer_flag": "T?"
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Capital University of Economics and Business",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "11/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:88759a1192cf01",
      "institution": "Cleveland State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-08-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "OH",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Central China Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "1/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:8a90868327ea56",
      "institution": "University of Kansas",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-03-17",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M?",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "KS",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Wuhan University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:8b5fb849da1f2b",
      "institution": "University of Pittsburgh",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-05-05",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "PA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Sichuan University, Chongqing Municipal Education Commission",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "1/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:92c0979654c1cb",
      "institution": "University of Washington",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-09-12",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "WA",
      "transfer_flag": "T"
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hauzhong University of Science and Technology",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "1/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://mott.med.wayne.edu/iwhrp"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:9ad38124245264",
      "institution": "Wayne State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-06-27",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Xi'an International Studies University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "4/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:9cffbd88f20343",
      "institution": "Prairie View A&M University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-07-03",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TX",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "University of International Business and Economics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:9dc8e3c59c93b9",
      "institution": "University of Texas - San Antonio",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-02-10",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TX",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Dongbei University of Finance and Economics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/10/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:9f210cf5cfcbc7",
      "institution": "University of Southern Maine",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "5/2013",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M?",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "ME",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Sun Yat-sen University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2022-04-20",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:a52bf00fb7fd40",
      "institution": "Indiana University-Purdue University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "8/2007",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M?",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "IN",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Yanshan",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2022-06-01",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:a90f0e63454ede",
      "institution": "University of Toledo",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-08-10",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "OH",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "The Open University of China (China Central Raido and TV University)",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:a989826b8e5bf1",
      "institution": "Michigan State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-05-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Dalian University of Technology",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "9/2014",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:a9b2ec4f3e6df1",
      "institution": "Pennsylvania State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-02-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "PA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hunan University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:ab99e9a5a97b4b",
      "institution": "Colorado State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-03-20",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CO",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Southwest University of Political Science & Law",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "3/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.umt.edu/global-engagement/partnerships-and-programs/partnerships/default.php"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:abfa9754229cdf",
      "institution": "University of Montana",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-09-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MT",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shaanxi Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "7/31/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:acf51085a85502",
      "institution": "University of Arizona",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-11-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M?",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "AZ",
      "transfer_flag": "T?"
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.wm.edu/offices/revescenter/globalengagement/wmbnu/index.php"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:add09b42b96da8",
      "institution": "College of William and Mary",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-04-16",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "VA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Jilin University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://global.rutgers.edu/global-partnerships/international-agreement-database"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:ae9962c5edd593",
      "institution": "Rutgers University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-05-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NJ",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Renimin University of China",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "1/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:b26f50e7364a05",
      "institution": "University of Massachusetts Boston",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Minzu University of China",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:b6b6230999e632",
      "institution": "Old Dominion University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "VA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Sichuan International Studies University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Fall 2017",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:b7b87c0de2b0d6",
      "institution": "University of West Florida",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-04-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "FL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Bejing Foreign Studies University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "5/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://manoa.hawaii.edu/chinesestudies/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:ba311af87e4a73",
      "institution": "University of Hawaii Manoa",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-06-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "HI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Taiyuan University of Technology",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2012",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:bb1ff8dc626e84",
      "institution": "Dickinson State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2011",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "ND",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "East China Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "4/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:bf85d267f77e32",
      "institution": "University of Oregon",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-11-02",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "OR",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Ocean University of China in Qingdao",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "4/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:c16524fc0e5c9d",
      "institution": "Texas A&M University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-04-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TX",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "East China Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "7/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://admissions.uiowa.edu/academics/asian-languages-literature"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:c4a8429ba8f66f",
      "institution": "University of Iowa",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2006-03-15",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "IA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Chengdu University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "7/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.unh.edu/global/unh-international-educational-partners"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:cb86ae6329901f",
      "institution": "University of New Hampshire",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-06-23",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NH",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Xiamen University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.udel.edu/content/dam/udelImages/global/pdf/Partnerships.20.pdf"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:cbecde66e15d9d",
      "institution": "University of Delaware",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-10-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "DE",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2023-03-01",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://today.troy.edu/news/confucius-institute-at-troy-university-has-closed/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:cd7bbdceeceacd",
      "institution": "Troy University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-10-11",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "AL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shaanxi Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "8/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:cee04a33c642d1",
      "institution": "University of North Florida",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "FL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Zhejiang University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://web.uri.edu/languages/academics/chinese/zhejiang-university/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:d072b862287f18",
      "institution": "University of Rhode Island",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-10-20",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "RI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2/2022 reported",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:d0f7cd9da69f0f",
      "institution": "Houston Independent School District",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TX",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "9/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://provost.tufts.edu/blog/news/2021/03/17/decision-to-close-the-confucius-institute-at-tufts-university/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:d137265df2a94d",
      "institution": "Tufts University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-06-06",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Language and Culture University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:d207e8ed5b3164",
      "institution": "Western Michigan University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-11-23",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MI",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hangzhou Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "8/20/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.mtsu.edu/asianstudies/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:d32b2ca72f25a4",
      "institution": "Middle Tennessee State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-04-21",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TN",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Nanjing University Of Finance & Economics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:d61144344c29f6",
      "institution": "SUNY Global Center",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-12-10",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Bejing Language and Culture University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "7/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:d69444ed2176a7",
      "institution": "Georgia State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-09-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "GA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "April 2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:d6cdf0d4eef526",
      "institution": "Clark County School District",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2011",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NV",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/2018",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:d8d2b7fa032689",
      "institution": "Augusta University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "7/2013",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "GA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Nanjing Normal University, Phoenix publishing & media group",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/13/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://dyson.pace.edu//centers/global-asia-institute/welcome/confucius-institute-closure-GAI-announcement"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:db0c4594bc87c5",
      "institution": "Pace University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2009-05-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Jiujiang University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "7/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:dc3641915d3875",
      "institution": "Savannah State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-04-09",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "GA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Xiamen University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:dd35ecddea62c3",
      "institution": "George Washington University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-10",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "DC",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Jiangnan University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "8/15/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://data.nas.org/confucius_institute_contracts"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:de009c38d63369",
      "institution": "University of California-Davis",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-09-21",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shanghai International Studies University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/academic-programs/global-zicklin/international-partners/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:dfbc924ed2c2cf",
      "institution": "Baruch College",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "12/2017",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hebei Institute of Foreign Languages",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:e128d693bdf396",
      "institution": "California State University - Long Beach",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-10-24",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "CA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shijiazhuang Vocational College of Science & Technology; Hebei Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2020-06-01",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:e51864a98646da",
      "institution": "New Mexico State University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-03-13",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NM",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Guangzhou University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2023-12-01",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/about/news/CIWC-note.cfm"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:e679b9ed0f382f",
      "institution": "Weslyan College",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-11",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "GA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "East China Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "Summer 2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://uca.edu/cclc/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:e6803a1b1ce1ec",
      "institution": "University of Central Arkansas",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-09-18",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "AR",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Southwestern University of Finance and Economics",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "12/15/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
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      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:e8b342f5c647f2",
      "institution": "SUNY Albany",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-09-23",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Zhejiang Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://international.temple.edu/ccli"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:e9cb7d1cf55791",
      "institution": "Temple University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-10-31",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "PA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hunan University of Technology and Business",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:edaa8f77f5c680",
      "institution": "Medgar Evers College",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2019-08-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Language and Culture University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "3/2021 announced",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:ee2b7cbdafa2be",
      "institution": "University of South Carolina",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2008-07-03",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "SC",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Jilin HuaQiao University of Foreign Languages",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/1/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:ee4899a9edf2eb",
      "institution": "New Jersey City University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2015-06-01",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NJ",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Zhongnan University of Economics and Law",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "5/5/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:f05e9ea6f30e2c",
      "institution": "Stony Brook University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-05-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Capital Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "End of 2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2021/05/confucius-institute-closing.html"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:f10ba82854d0d3",
      "institution": "University at Buffalo",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-04-09",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hebei University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "9/30/2021",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:f143480ba6116f",
      "institution": "Xavier University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2012-10-20",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "LA",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "North China Electric Power University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "4/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=7622"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:f5c090aa239b13",
      "institution": "Western Kentucky University",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-05-19",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R?",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "KY",
      "transfer_flag": "T"
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Hubei University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "6/30/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://www.memphis.edu/abroad/j1_students/partner_institutions.php"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:f5d70944fefc67",
      "institution": "University of Memphis",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-08-13",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TN",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "East China Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:f62946d4a8b9d7",
      "institution": "Chicago Public Schools",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2005-06-29",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "R",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "IL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "10/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:f9d0ac70648189",
      "institution": "Broward County Public Schools",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2014-12-17",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "FL",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Shanghai Normal University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "8/2020",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [],
      "id": "nas-closure:fd0c9361b5e846",
      "institution": "University of Missouri",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2011-01-28",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "MO",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institute_post_closure",
      "chinese_partner": "Southeastern University",
      "classification": "source_coded_post_closure_record",
      "closed_as_reported": "1/2019",
      "country": "USA",
      "evidence_urls": [
        "https://news.utk.edu/2019/01/24/ut-transitions-strategic-focus-for-its-global-engagement-in-asia/"
      ],
      "id": "nas-closure:fdb18ea595a3ee",
      "institution": "University of Tennessee Knoxville",
      "notes": "Source flags can overlap and include proposals or retained activities. Not an independently verified count of currently operating successors; announced and ambiguous dates remain verbatim.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-04-17",
      "operating_status": "not_verified",
      "partnership_flag": "M",
      "replacement_flag": "",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_closures_2023",
      "state": "TN",
      "transfer_flag": ""
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "The Education Department of Jilin Province",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:251eadcf01e491",
      "institution": "St. Cloud State University (CI is \"paused\" while the university conducts a review)",
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      "opened_as_reported": "2013-08-30",
      "operating_status": "paused_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "MN",
      "url": "https://www.stcloudstate.edu/confucius/"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "Peking University",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:27faf32e46fae6",
      "institution": "Stanford University",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2013-09-27",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "CA",
      "url": "https://ealc.stanford.edu/confucius-institute/confucius-institute-overview"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "Xiamen University",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:6964be7a37196a",
      "institution": "San Diego Global Knowledge University (transferred in June 2019 from San Diego State University)",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "06/2019",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "CA",
      "url": "https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=77714"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "Sichuan University, Chongqing Education Commission",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:6fad608c808e5f",
      "institution": "Pacific Lutheran University",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-04-26",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "WA",
      "url": "https://www.plu.edu/confucius-institute/"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "Part of the College Board/Hanban Confucius Institutes and Classrooms network.",
      "id": "nas-listed:827ea14b136682",
      "institution": "Davis School Disrict",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "UT",
      "url": "https://www.dsdlanguages.com/confucius-inst"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "Part of the College Board/Hanban Confucius Institutes and Classrooms network.",
      "id": "nas-listed:be9580641fbea1",
      "institution": "East Central Ohio Educational Service Center",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "OH",
      "url": "https://www.ecoesc.org/ci/"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "Sichuan University",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:d7f01deb6e159a",
      "institution": "University of Utah",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2010-10-19",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "UT",
      "url": "https://confucius-institute.utah.edu/"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "Beijing Language and Culture University",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "College/university",
      "id": "nas-listed:dcfe9998b53e90",
      "institution": "Webster University",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2007-11-11",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "MO",
      "url": "http://www.webster.edu/confucius-institute/"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "School district (took over the Western Kentucky University CI that closed)",
      "id": "nas-listed:ed1a8b4830c330",
      "institution": "Simpson County Schools",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2019-07-01",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "KY",
      "url": "https://www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=7814"
    },
    {
      "category": "institutes",
      "chinese_partner": "East China Normal University",
      "classification": "historical_listing",
      "country": "USA",
      "host_type_as_reported": "Non-college educational organization",
      "id": "nas-listed:f277dd945aae27",
      "institution": "China Institute",
      "notes": "Historical source roster, not independently reverified current operation. Internal header says March 2023; linked June 22, 2023 edition.",
      "opened_as_reported": "2005-09-01",
      "operating_status": "listed_as_reported",
      "source_date": "2023-06-22",
      "source_id": "nas_roster_2023",
      "state": "NY",
      "url": "https://www.chinainstitute.org/about-us/confucius-institute-at-china-institute-cici/"
    }
  ],
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      "category": "classrooms",
      "measurement": "documented_inventory",
      "scope": "NAS inventory of schools and school systems, including current and former programs. Incomplete inventory, not operating stock.",
      "unit": "documented cases"
    },
    "classrooms_listed": {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "measurement": "directory_listings",
      "scope": "Classroom-labelled entries in the operator's U.S. directory, including a university-named entry. Not a K-12 school census or proof of operation.",
      "unit": "listed classroom programs"
    },
    "classrooms_reported": {
      "category": "classrooms",
      "measurement": "reported_stock",
      "scope": "Historical national reports of K-12 Confucius Classrooms; programs and school sites are not necessarily identical units.",
      "unit": "reported classrooms or school sites"
    },
    "institutes_campus": {
      "category": "institutes",
      "measurement": "campus_stock",
      "scope": "U.S. college and university campuses only; excludes other hosts.",
      "unit": "institutes"
    },
    "institutes_listed": {
      "category": "institutes",
      "measurement": "directory_listings",
      "scope": "Institute-labelled entries in the operator's U.S. directory. Website publication switches are not operating status.",
      "unit": "listed institutes"
    },
    "institutes_reported": {
      "category": "institutes",
      "measurement": "reported_stock",
      "scope": "National reported counts; host coverage and announced closures vary by source. Disconnected snapshots, not a harmonized annual census.",
      "unit": "institutes"
    },
    "institutes_transferred": {
      "category": "institutes",
      "measurement": "documented_transfers",
      "scope": "Institutions transferring an institute in the 2022 NAS investigation; not new programs or additional successors.",
      "unit": "institutions"
    },
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