Protecting American Universities from Undue Foreign Influence. Backgrounder No. 3813
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| Title: | Protecting American Universities from Undue Foreign Influence. Backgrounder No. 3813 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jay P. Greene, Adam Kissel, Lindsey M. Burke, Heritage Foundation, Center for Education Policy |
| Source: | Heritage Foundation. 2024. |
| Availability: | Heritage Foundation. 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999. Tel: 202-546-4400; Fax: 202-546-8328; e-mail: info@heritage.org; Web site: http://www.heritage.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Universities, Educational Finance, Foreign Policy, Donors, Foreign Countries, Tuition, Multicampus Colleges, Grants, Accountability, Prevention, Federal Government, Government Role, Influences, Financial Support, Disclosure |
| Abstract: | The U.S. government rightly restricts the ability of foreign individuals, entities, and governments to contribute to U.S. political campaigns. It does so because financial influence over the outcomes of elections would distort policymaking toward foreign--rather than U.S.--interests. U.S. universities do not directly make public policy decisions, but they train the people who typically make and implement policy, and they shape elite culture and ideas to set the agenda for policy discussions. Foreigners seeking to influence these policy roles of U.S. universities currently face relatively few restrictions on their ability to do so. This report explores the ways foreign individuals, entities, and governments can convey funds to U.S. universities, why that flow of funding matters, how new legislation could improve Americans' understanding of the scope of this funding, and what might be done to address its disadvantages. Foreign funding flows to American colleges and universities in five primary ways: direct gifts to institutions, indirect gifts to institutions, tuition paid by foreign students--sometimes covered by their foreign governments--U.S. university satellite campuses in foreign countries, and research grants provided to professors. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED677204 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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