President Trump has intensified scrutiny on colleges regarding foreign funding, particularly targeting institutions that do not report international gifts as mandated by Section 117 of the Higher Education Act. The executive order aims to combat perceived foreign influence and safeguard American academia from exploitation. Higher education experts express concern that these measures may be more about political messaging than genuine national security. With substantial foreign funding reported at $4 billion last year, colleges face pressure to comply and clarify disclosures to avoid punitive measures.
If there's a national security concern for institutions, we want to be partners in trying to address it, but we want to understand how our institutions can be in compliance, so that it's not a gotcha situation.
The transactions totaled $4 billion; the largest gifts or contracts came from Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Japan and Qatar.
Republicans have raised concerns for years about how gifts from foreign entities such as China and Russia could harm national security.
Trump wrote in the executive order that he also wanted to 'protect the marketplace of ideas from propaganda sponsored by foreign governments, and safeguard America's students and research from foreign exploitation.'
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