A new congressional report says a partnership between Northern Arizona University and a Chinese university threatens national security.

NAU is now ending the program.

Since 2014, NAU has partnered with Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT) on an electrical engineering bachelor’s degree program.

It allowed students to attend NAU remotely from China for the first three years before finishing their degree in Flagstaff.

But last month, the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party alleged that more than 50 such joint programs at U.S. universities — including at NAU — inadvertently helped advance Chinese military and technology goals.

Republican Congressman Eli Crane applauded the university's decision to end the program, which will be phased out within 90

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