"If a foreign source provides an institution more than $250,000 in a year, Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 requires the institution to report the payment to the federal government. The department recently launched a public reporting portal that, as of Wednesday, includes new data and "data visualization capabilities," ED said in the release."
""Thanks to the Trump Administration's new accountability portal, the American people have unprecedented visibility into the foreign dollars flowing into our colleges and universities-including funding from countries and entities that are involved in activities that threaten America's national security," U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in the release."
"The American Association of University Professors raised concerns about the fact that Palantir helped the department develop the reporting portal. Palantir is a controversial artificial intelligence and data analysis company that also serves the U.S. military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
"The institutions that received the most funds were Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both at nearly $1 billion, Stanford University at more than $775 million, and Harvard University at over $324 million, the release said."
Total large foreign gifts and contracts to U.S. colleges and universities amounted to $5.2 billion in 2025. Qatar provided more than $1.1 billion when including state and non-state entities, followed by the U.K. at $633 million and China at $528 million. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires institutions to report payments above $250,000 per year. A public reporting portal was launched with cumulative figures dating to 1986 and includes new data and visualization capabilities. The 2025 figures include disclosures submitted through Dec. 16, 2025, and the portal does not break down gifts and contracts by year. Carnegie Mellon and MIT each received nearly $1 billion, Stanford more than $775 million, and Harvard over $324 million. The American Association of University Professors raised concerns about Palantir's role in developing the portal.
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