More than 200 American universities, including elite institutions Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have been accused of collecting $13 billion in “undocumented contributions from foreign governments,” according to a new report.
A considerable portion of the funds was said to have been donated by authoritarian regimes around the world, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China and the United Arab Emirates, the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) report stated.
The huge windfall of money cited was not recorded by the U.S. Department of Education between 2014 and 2019, the NCRI said.
Carnegie Mellon University received the most foreign entities in that period with $1.47 billion, while Cornell University raised $1.29 billion, Harvard University raised $894 million, and MIT raised $859 million. according to the report.
Qatari donors contributed the most to the institutions, with $2.7 billion, although England was second on the list, contributing $1.4 billion.
About $1.2 billion came from China and another $1.1 billion came from Saudi Arabia, according to the report. The United Arab Emirates reportedly contributed $431 million.
Carnegie Mellon University received the most foreign entities in that period with $1.47 billion. Carnegie Mellon University
The report’s authors state in their conclusion: “It raises the worrying possibility that international actors are using undisclosed channels to funnel large amounts of money into university campuses (including elite institutions that often have enormous influence on the culture and American politics) for purposes detrimental to democratic norms of pluralism, tolerance and freedom.”
Cornell University said in a statement that it has received funding — more than $1.3 billion since 2012 — to operate a medical school in Qatar that has graduated more than 500 students from the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere, including the United States. .
“We are proud of this collaboration that is helping to train much-needed physicians to support patient care, biomedical research and overall quality of life. The remainder of the funding received supports medical and scientific research,” said Joel Malina, vice president of university relations.
Other schools did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Cornell University said in a statement that it has received funding (more than $1.3 billion since 2012) to operate a medical school in Qatar. Getty Images/iStockphoto Harvard University raised $894 million from foreign donors. fake images
In total, 203 universities are alleged to have illegally withheld information about millions of dollars they received from the federal government, which in 2020 tightened its superior practices and required schools to report all funding streams, according to the study.
While some of the countries are authoritarian, others such as Canada, Japan, Germany, India and Switzerland are also included in the list of foreign entities that pump money into the American university system.
The report argues that “there has clearly been an erosion of democratic norms on campuses” and that “a massive influx of hidden foreign donations to American institutions of higher education, largely from authoritarian regimes with notable support from Middle Eastern sources , reflects or supports high levels of intolerance towards Jews, open inquiry and free expression.”
MIT raised $859 million, according to the report.Getty Images
The report also notes increasing incidents of anti-Semitism on campuses during the 2014-2019 period during endowments, which have since reached a critical point.
Since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 and the Jewish State’s retaliatory attacks on Gaza, there have been a growing number of shocking cases of anti-Semitism on university campuses.
Some of the disturbing incidents include pro-Palestinian students surrounding a fellow Jew on the Harvard campus during a demonstration and a Cornell professor who said he found the Hamas attack “exhilarating” and “energizing.”
A Cornell student was recently arrested for allegedly making anti-Semitic threats, and numerous universities have reported anti-Jewish swastikas and propaganda, racist emails, and threats against Jewish students, prompting increased security and police patrols.
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