President Trump and congressional Republicans are restricting international research collaboration in U.S. higher education by investigating universities for foreign funding violations. They propose lowering the reporting threshold for foreign gifts and requiring waivers for contracts with certain foreign countries. The administration has also sought to prohibit international student enrollment at Harvard and implemented new scrutiny for student visa applications, including social media review. Revocation of earlier relaxed reporting has revealed billions in unreported funding, raising concerns about academic independence and national security.
Policymakers are further proposing to lower that threshold to $50,000 and require universities to obtain federal waivers before entering into contracts with "foreign countries of concern."
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