Overview
- The Education Department launched foreignfundinghighered.gov, a public dashboard listing foreign government gifts and contracts reported by U.S. colleges and universities.
- The dataset totals about $62.4 billion, with Qatar at roughly $6.6 billion, Germany at $4.4 billion, the United Kingdom at $4.3 billion, and China at $4.1 billion.
- Including reported contributions from Hong Kong, China’s total rises to about $6 billion, according to the database.
- Elite institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, and MIT are listed among major recipients of Chinese funding, according to the portal.
- Reporters note the database has not been independently verified, and prior reports have alleged roughly $13 billion in previously undisclosed foreign contributions.