President Donald Trump’s administration is launching an investigation into UC Berkeley’s foreign funding, a week after it launched one into Harvard’s records.
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TheTrumpadministrationiscrackingdownoncollegesthatdon’treportbigforeigndonations,withUCBerkeleythelatesttargetfollowingaDepartmentofEducationreviewoftheCaliforniauniversity’sforeignfundingdisclosuresfoundthatit“maybeincompleteorinaccurate.”
EducationSecretaryLindaMcMahonorderedtheagency’slegalteamonFridaytotakebackcontrolofenforcingalawthatrequiresschoolstodiscloseforeigngiftsorcontractsworth$250,000ormore.
“TheBiden-HarrisAdministrationturnedablindeyetocollegesanduniversities’legalobligationsbydeprioritizingoversightandallowingforeigngiftstopourontoAmericancampuses.Despitewidespreadcompliancefailures,nonewSection117investigationswereinitiatedforfouryears,andongoinginvestigationswereclosedprematurely,”McMahonsaidinastatement.“IhavegreatconfidenceinmyOfficeofGeneralCounseltoinvestigatethese
