For decades, American universities have taken billions of dollars from foreign governments and entities.
Nearly $60 billion in gifts and contracts has been funneled to colleges across the country, often without the required federal reporting.
This money is not harmless. It buys influence, shapes research priorities, and gives hostile nations access to sensitive information.
Ten of the nation’s top universities—Harvard, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Penn, MIT, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Georgetown, and Columbia—alone accepted more than $20 billion.
Harvard took in over $3.2 billion, Cornell nearly $2.8 billion, and Columbia more than $1.1 billion.
These are schools that set the tone for American politics, research, and culture.
They are also the same institutions that push left-wing ideology while taking money from countries that oppose the United States.
Federal law requires transparency on foreign contracts and gifts, but those rules are weakly enforced.
Universities often fail to comply fully, and Democrats have shown no interest in holding them accountable.