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Education Dept. Seeks Records From Harvard Related to Foreign Gifts and Contracts

Katherine Knott
Inside Higher Ed

Excerpt: The Education Department accused Harvard University of not fully complying with a federal law that requires colleges to disclose all foreign gifts and contracts totaling $250,000 or more.

The department said Friday that its review of Harvard’s disclosures showed they were “incomplete and inaccurate.” As a result, the department requested records related to all of Harvard’s foreign gifts and contracts and procedures related to complying with Section 117, the federal law that requires the disclosures. Additionally, the department wants information about foreign students who have been expelled since January 2016 as well as lists of funding sources for “any research conducted by foreign expelled students” and of all researchers, scholars, students or faculty affiliated with foreign governments.

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