"Driving the news: The Education Department on Wednesday released foreign funding disclosure data submitted by colleges and universities for 2025, "documenting over 8,300 transactions worth more than $5.2 billion in reportable foreign gifts and contracts." More than half of that went to just four schools: Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, Stanford University and Harvard University. The largest foreign sources of funding came from Qatar (over $1.1 billion), the United Kingdom (over $633 million), Switzerland (over $451 million), Japan (over $374 million),"
"Catch up quick: Trump issued an executive order last year enforcing Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires colleges and universities to report significant sources of foreign funding. "Even when foreign funding is reported, its true sources are often hidden," the order claimed. Trump also said at the time that his administration sought to "protect the marketplace of ideas from propaganda sponsored by foreign governments, and safeguard America's students and research from foreign exploitation.""
The Education Department released 2025 foreign funding disclosure data documenting more than 8,300 transactions worth over $5.2 billion in reportable gifts and contracts. More than half of the reported funding went to Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Stanford and Harvard. Major foreign funding sources included Qatar, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Universities receiving federal funds must disclose foreign gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more annually. The Department has opened four investigations under Section 117 into Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley and the University of Michigan for alleged inaccurate or untimely disclosures. The data is available via an online portal.
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