Education Dept investigates UC Berkeley's foreign funding disclosures

Ed Dept Launches UC Berkeley Foreign Funding Inquiry

The Department of Education said Friday it is investigating the University of California, Berkeley, regarding possible violations of the law regarding the disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts. The investigation is similar to one the department launched last week against Harvard University after a review of the Ivy League institution’s foreign reports revealed incomplete and inaccurate disclosures. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of …

UC Berkeley Hit With Federal Investigation Over Foreign Funding

The Department of Education has just launched an investigation into UC Berkeley centering around foreign funding from China. Allegedly, the major university failed to disclose a whopping $220 million in donations from the Chinese government for a new campus in Shenzhen. Colleges and universities are required to report any foreign gifts valued at $250,000 or more to the Education Department. In 2023, UC Berkeley admitted failing to properly discl…

Education Department Probes Berkeley Over Alleged Failure to Report Chinese Donations

The University of California, Berkeley, is under investigation for allegedly not reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from a Chinese entity and allegedly sharing information about an “important technology,” the Department of Education announced on April 25. The research university will have 30 days to comply with a record request in this matter, a senior official said during a press call. Officials did not detail the link betwe…

Education Department launches foreign funding probe into UC Berkeley

The Department of Education said Friday it would launch an investigation into the University of California (UC), Berkeley, over improper foreign funding disclosures. The department said the school may have violated Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, alleging that documents submitted to the department on the school’s behalf were “incomplete or inaccurate,”…

First Harvard, now UC Berkeley: Trump administration to probe foreign funds

After first coming after Harvard University over alleged secret funding from China, the Trump administration said it will next target UC Berkeley, stepping up enforcement of an obscure federal rule.

U.S. Education Dept investigates UC Berkeley's foreign funding disclosures

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley's foreign funding disclosures, the department said on Friday.