Posted on 07/18/2026 7:35:56 AM PDT by DFG
Major U.S. universities have received millions of dollars in funding from foreign entities that are on U.S. government watch lists, according to a CBS News review of university funding records submitted to the Department of Education.
State Department and Education Department officials say the disclosure forms, which have not been previously reported, show a combined $27.6 million received in roughly the second half of last year by dozens of top American research institutions that originated from entities appearing on at least one federal government watch list. There are 10 cautionary and restricted watch lists overseen by the departments of Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, Defense and State, which flag companies and organizations that should be subject to extra scrutiny due to their ties to foreign government interests.
The two agencies are working together to crack down on academic partnerships with foreign companies and organizations that the Trump administration says could threaten national security.
In one example from the disclosure forms, a company in China that develops state-of-the-art aeronautics for the People's Liberation Army gave more than $7 million total to three American universities considered top-tier research institutions. In another instance, the largest amount in the documents, disclosed in 2020, was $22.6 million for a 50-year contract from the Beijing Institute of Technology to Bryant University in Rhode Island.
On Wednesday, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers sent a letter to the governing boards of major research universities alerting them that future grant-making agencies will be checking if institutions take money from foreign entities on U.S. watch lists — and could pull federal funding for those that do.
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This has been going on for decades, in one form or another. Not surprised? Neither am I. Academia, the main source of brainwashing our youth for the past 60 years or more.
National Assoc of Scholars has been revealing this for years...
Put a 90% tax on it
Always wondered how those University Endowments got to be so huge.
Oh my. What would Confucius say? Or the Confucius institute? ;~))
Here’s an issue that has been going on for a long time. Someone or some entity is being watched. But the agency watching them does not want them to know they’re being watched. So that someone or entity is allowed to continue doing whatever he’s doing with whoever he’s doing it. The association brings the second person, company or entity who is performing a task under scrutiny even though they aren’t (necessarily) doing anything illegal.
A professor at USF that I worked for got a contract from the Israeli defense establishment to develop and test the controls for the Gabriel antiship missile. The Israelis presented official looking paperwork signed and stamped by the State Department. It was 100% a forgery. It could have led to indictments and prison sentences. The professor showed the DOJ and investigating FBI the paperwork and they worked a deal where a copy of the designs and software were provided to US government. Shortly after this the Gabriel sank several ships in a conflicted environment. I graduated at that point but heard this led to further development work for the US.
If you are surprised, you were asleep
That quote may be fake.
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