According to a recent report from the Network Contagion Research Institute, foreign donors have donated nearly$ 29 billion to American universities between 2020 and 2024.
According to the report, which was exclusively made available to The Free Press,” Foreign contributors have given U.S. institutions as much as they have in the previous 40 years,” according to the report, which noted that Qatar and China are the main sources of funding.
According to The Free Press,” That$ 29 billion figure is more than double the total for the previous four years, and it accounts for half of the estimated$ 57.97 billion in foreign funding since 1986, when the federal government began keeping track of the data,” according to The Free Press.
This is a national security problems, according to NCRI co-founder Joel Finkelstein, who spoke to the media. On an industrial level, hotspots are gaining influence on American colleges.
The statement follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last week that seeks greater transparency regarding international funding for American colleges and universities.
According to a fact sheet that came with the buy,”$ 60 billion in foreign donations and contracts have been funneled into American colleges and universities over the past several years”
According to the point plate,” Only about 300 of the roughly 6, 000 U.S. organizations self-report foreign income annually.” Unknown foreign funding raises serious questions about heightened fears about possible foreign influence, threats to national security, and academic integrity compromised.
According to Trump’s executive order, the Secretary of Education is directed to work with universities to “more especially share details about foreign financing, including the real origin and purpose of the funds.”
Additionally, the order directs the attorney general and training minister to “hold responsible higher education institutions that fail to comply with the law regarding disclosure of unusual funding.”
The Secretary may collaborate with the heads of different executive departments, agencies, and offices, as necessary, to carry out audits and investigations as needed and where necessary to ensure compliance with the law relating to the disclosure of unusual funding, and to pursue enforcement of this directive through appropriate action from the Attorney General, according to the order.
Further: Since 2021, Stanford has seized$ 27 million + from China.
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