Interesting research. There are a lot of ways it could become useful, once completed.
Americans are still, in general, egalitarian-spirited and anti-elitist. I think this explains a lot of the reaction against John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000. I wonder if a good, thorough set of research on Islamic influence over east and west coast universities, if released at the right time, could turn the tide against secular elitists on a number of fronts? That is, whack them not just for their siding with our enemies, but expose their susceptibility to all forms of anti-Americanism, their cockamammy teaching of western history, their adherence to multi-culturalism, support for illegal immigrant amnesty, etc.
It’s available already from the Department of Education. Freepers, as always, are ahead of the curve. I downloaded the February 2008 report from a link to National Review provided by a freeper a few days ago.
Of course, Saudi Arabia has been investing in universities for a long time but of those reported in the most recent one was an interesting gift of over $18 million to the University of Arkansas in 1995 while a certain president hailed from Arkansas.