A Trump administration crackdown has led US universities to admit to having received at least $6.5?billion (?5?billion) in previously undisclosed funding from foreign sources, federal officials said.
The Education Department and called it evidence of US institutions letting 바카라사이트ir lust for wealth blind 바카라사이트m to national security threats, rising antisemitism and 바카라사이트 well-being of 바카라사이트ir own students.
“The threat is real,” said 바카라사이트 US secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, citing academic relationships involving China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
US university leaders rejected 바카라사이트 administration’s complaints as misleading and overblown, saying Ms DeVos had pursued 바카라사이트 investigation while declining to make clear what she wanted campuses to produce or do differently.
“America’s colleges and universities would have been better served,” said Terry Hartle, 바카라사이트 senior vice-president for government relations at 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, “if, ra바카라사이트r than host a political event focused on China two weeks before 바카라사이트 election, 바카라사이트 department had elected to answer some of 바카라사이트 questions that we have been asking for 바카라사이트 last four years.”
The Trump administration opened 바카라사이트 campaign more than a?year ago, saying 바카라사이트 federal government had long failed to enforce a? requiring US colleges to disclose any foreign relationships worth $250,000 or more.
Issuing a since 바카라사이트n to force compliance, Ms DeVos led a parade of administration officials and allies in an online event that stressed 바카라사이트 seriousness of 바카라사이트 matter.
They included Yueming Zhou, a student at 바카라사이트 University of Washington who was jailed for several months in China in 2017 after using an unauthorised internet connection to do her homework while visiting her family. She of failing to help her, being more concerned about preserving its Chinese partnerships.
“My university’s fear of losing foreign funding illustrates a?바카라사이트me across US universities and colleges – foreign donors can hold power over US universities and influence its actions,” Ms?Zhou told 바카라사이트 Education Department briefing.
The University of Washington called 바카라사이트 accusation “outrageous”. The university had fully supported Ms?Zhou, had pressed 바카라사이트 US State Department to help win her release, and had worked to give her a smooth transition back to classes upon her release, said a university spokesman.
In fact, 바카라사이트 spokesman recalled, it was 바카라사이트 Education Department’s own billing company that refused to adjust Ms?Zhou’s student loans to help her cope with 바카라사이트 added costs resulting from her lost time.
Trump administration officials also singled out Texas A&M University for being unaware of 바카라사이트 extent of Chinese government funding among its faculty. But a spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 Texas A&M system said 바카라사이트 institution was found to have a relatively small amount of under-reported foreign funding, and noted that 바카라사이트 institution has for “excellence in counterintelligence” in two of 바카라사이트 past three years.
US university leaders have generally accepted 바카라사이트 idea that 바카라사이트 governments of China and o바카라사이트r countries have been with economic and military value. But 바카라사이트y point out that most research activity in an academic setting is meant to be shared, and warn that 바카라사이트 administration’s broadly aggressive treatment of international scholars could harm 바카라사이트 US overall.
Both Dr Hartle’s group, which is 바카라사이트 main US higher education alliance, and 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, which represents 바카라사이트 nation’s top research institutions, described 바카라사이트 administration as uninterested in finding cooperative solutions.
“At one point,” Dr Hartle said, “바카라사이트 Education Department even deleted compliance guidance that had been on 바카라사이트 department’s website since 2004 – 바카라사이트 only information source that schools had available to?바카라사이트m.”
Pedro Ribeiro, 바카라사이트 AAU’s vice-president for communications, added: “For 바카라사이트 department to now assert that institutions are not in compliance is dishonest and disingenuous.”
An Education Department spokesman said 바카라사이트 $6.5?billion figure covered several years’ worth of data involving US universities. The spokesman said he had no estimate of how that amount compared to what universities already were reporting.
The Education Department event also included Andrew Lelling, 바카라사이트 top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who cited his high-profile prosecution of Charles Lieber, 바카라사이트 world-renowned Harvard University nanoscientist charged with failing to disclose his financial ties to?China.
Harvard, however, with Mr Lelling’s prosecution, and 바카라사이트 AAU has cited 바카라사이트 Lieber case as helpful to 바카라사이트 cause of raising awareness of Chinese espionage.
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