Trump Admin Ramps Up Efforts to Uncover Foreign Money Given to US Universities

The Departments of State and Education have announced a new partnership to bolster oversight of billions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts given to schools across the United States. The interagency collaboration will “enhance U.S. national security by improving the accuracy and transparency of American colleges’ and universities’ reporting” of foreign funds, the State Department said in a Feb. 23 statement. The department added that its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will “provide vital support” to the Education Department in enforcing a federal disclosure law. Known as Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the law mandates that domestic higher education institutions file reports disclosing any foreign gifts and contracts worth $250,000 or more....