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Trump administration steps up efforts to scrutinize foreign funding of universities
The State Department will support enforcement of Section 117 rules requiring universities to report foreign gifts over $250,000, with $5.2 billion disclosed in 2025, officials said.
- WASHINGTON, Feb 23 — The State Department will assist the Department of Education to uncover malign foreign influence at U.S. colleges and universities and help manage the foreign-funding reporting portal.
- Trump's April 2025 executive order called for enforcement of Section 117 and the Education Department launched a new reporting portal in December after U.S. colleges disclosed 8,300 transactions totaling $5.2 billion in 2025.
- Officials declined to spell out specific examples of undue influence, saying their aim is to boost university compliance and transparency while the Education Department investigates four schools' foreign ties.
- Lawmakers added nonbinding language to the spending bill stating the department has `no authorities` to transfer its duties, while Congressional leaders this year defied President Donald Trump's proposed Education Department budget cuts.
- HHS's Administration for Children and Families will administer school-safety programs despite bipartisan disapproval; the administration tried to halt those grants last year but awarded funds amid lawsuits and told states and grantees not to expect disruptions.
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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 …
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