FOREIGN FUNDING

Report raises more concerns over Harvard's relationship with China

A new report by Strategy Risks discusses how Harvard University’s collaborations with Chinese scholars and its rece…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 13, 2025

Report highlights $1B in Qatari funding to Georgetown since 2005

A new report has shed greater light on Qatari funding of an elite Washington, D.C. university.

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 13, 2025

Education Department investigates UC Berkeley over reported foreign funding disclosure failures

UC Berkeley reportedly received millions in funding from Chinese sources, including a government-owned company, Chi…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 23, 2025

Education Department launches investigation into UPenn over foreign donations

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania for allegedly fa…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 19, 2025

Education Department announces probe into UC Berkeley for undisclosed foreign funding

The U.S. Department of Education has announced an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley for fa…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 8, 2025

Harvard accepted $1.6 million from Palestine between 2017-2019

Harvard University has collected approximately $1.5 million from Palestine from 2017-2019. The report, conducted by…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 1, 2025

Harvard accepted over $1.4B from foreign sources, Campus Reform audit finds

Campus Reform obtained data from the Dept. of Education and found that Harvard accepted more than $295 million from…

By Emily Sturge '25
Apr 30, 2025

Education Department demands Harvard University release more records on its foreign funding

The U.S. Department of Education, under Secretary Linda McMahon, has heightened its scrutiny of Harvard University,…

By CJ Womack '25
Apr 25, 2025

Michigan state representative introduces bill to limit 'hostile' foreign influence in higher ed

Michigan State Rep. Will Bruck introduced the Foreign Influence of State Institutions of Higher Education Act in th…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Apr 2, 2025

Reps. Comer, Foxx call for Dept. of Education help in investigating foreign funding into American universities

The letter criticized the Biden administration’s ‘lax approach to monitoring Section 117 disclosures.’

By Pedro Rodriguez '26
Mar 17, 2025

New bill targets private universities' financial ties to China and Iran

Congressman Burgess Owens of Utah has reintroduced a bill that would require private universities to disclose any i…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Feb 13, 2025

Universities failed to disclose Chinese donations and spent millions on DEI, Open The Books reports

A nonprofit aimed at transparency says that major public universities have not properly disclosed millions, and pot…

By Campus Reform
Jan 24, 2025

Conservative nonprofit's proposal points to states as best way to reduce foreign influence in higher ed

A conservative-leaning public policy group recently released a proposal to increase transparency of foreign funding…

By Campus Reform
Dec 19, 2024

Bill to ban Texas colleges from accepting funding from foreign adversaries gets introduced in state House

A Texas state representative has introduced legislation that would prevent public colleges and universities in the …

By Campus Reform
Dec 3, 2024

Republicans introduce bill to increase transparency in foreign donations to American colleges

Representatives Michelle Steele and Virginia Foxx recently introduced legislation that would slash university donat…

By Will Biagini
Oct 31, 2023

'Must act now': Conservative lawmakers call for transparency on foreign funding in higher ed

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent a letter to Department of Education (DOEd) Secretary Miguel…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Apr 6, 2023

China is ‘inside every major American university,’ former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that ‘the Chinese Communist Party's inside every major American universi…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 30, 2023

ANALYSIS: Biden Center scandal ignites interest in possible foreign influence at UPenn

Between 2017 and 2019, UPenn received $61 million in gifts and contracts from China.

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Jan 19, 2023

WATCH: PROF GIORDANO on foreign investment in US academia

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on 'Real America's Voice' to discuss the dangers o…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Jan 14, 2023

WATCH: Prof. Giordano says ‘the timing' of Penn Biden Center docs 'is suspicious’

Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on Fox News to discuss the classified documents found at the Pen…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 13, 2023

READ: PROF. GIORDANO: American universities are 'turning a blind eye’ to 'foreign influence' on campuses

Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano wrote an op-ed in The Daily Wire with suggestions for deterring foreign i…

By Shelby Kearns
Dec 27, 2022

Former professor pleads guilty to committing over $1 million in fraud

Former engineering professor Yue Liu pleaded guilty to 'wire fraud' and 'unlawful financial transaction.'

By Peter Cordi and Bridget O'Neal
Mar 8, 2022

ANALYSIS: A look at universities’ foreign contribution filings

In June 2020, the Education Department implemented a new portal for reporting foreign contributions. As a result, t…

By Wyatt Eichholz '24
Dec 31, 2021

China demands USA stop 'attacking' Confucius Institutes

A top Chinese government official issued the demand, which accompanied a list of 'wrongdoings' by the US.

By Sydney Fowler '21
Aug 4, 2021

New bill would penalize colleges that lie about foreign funding

The REPORT Fines Act would levy financial penalties on colleges that fail to report their foreign gifts and contrac…

By Angela Morabito
Jul 2, 2021

	
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