{"id":1537902,"date":"2025-05-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1537902"},"modified":"2025-05-24T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:00:00","slug":"education-department-launches-investigation-into-upenn-over-foreign-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/education-department-launches-investigation-into-upenn-over-foreign-donations\/1537902\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Department Launches Investigation Into UPenn Over Foreign Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education Department Launches Investigation Into UPenn Over Foreign Donations<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Patrick McDonald of CampusReform<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has come under federal investigation for \u201cinaccurate and incomplete disclosures\u201d of foreign funding.<\/p>\n

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The probe was launched by the U.S. Department of Education on May 8 after concerns that the school may be unduly influenced by foreign actors and follows a review of the school\u2019s foreign reports, the department explained<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n

According to Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965<\/a>, universities that receive federal funding are required to disclose foreign donations valuing more than $250,000.<\/p>\n

Acting General Counsel Tom Wheeler described UPenn\u2019s compliance history with federal law as \u201ctroubling,\u201d saying it had, in February 2019, failed to disclose any foreign funding whatsoever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wheeler also noted that the Biden administration did not enforce the law requiring disclosure.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the previous Administration degraded the Department\u2019s enforcement of universities\u2019 legal obligations to disclose foreign gifts and contracts, the Trump Administration will vigorously uphold the law and ensure universities are transparent with their foreign gifts and investments,\u201d Wheeler said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Wheeler asserted that the Education Department\u2019s Office of the General Counsel<\/a> (OGC) will \u201cthoroughly\u201d investigate the school, requiring the administration to disclose all foreign funding dating back to Jan. 1, 2017, with the central aim of verifying the school\u2019s disclosures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people and Congress have a right to know the impact of foreign funding on our universities, including some of our critically important research universities,\u201d Wheeler said. \u201cWe hope the University of Pennsylvania will be cooperative and forthcoming in response to this investigation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The investigation into UPenn follows growing concerns that American universities have been influenced by the Chinese government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A nonprofit organization called Open The Books published<\/a> a report in January which found that public universities in the U.S. have received \u201ctens of millions of dollars in contracts to China\u201d that were not reported to the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past decade, American institutions began pouring money into counterproductive, divisive DEI infrastructure,\u201d the report reads. \u201cMeanwhile, China was spending to gain influence in American academia, accessing research and technology to advance their national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvard University alone received<\/a> more than $1.4 billion in foreign funding over the past decade\u2014including $150 million from China.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, an individual found to be affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to gain access<\/a> earlier this month to research at Stanford University by posing as a student.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 05\/24\/2025 – 14:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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