Brandeis Center urges Ed Department to stop delaying release of documents on foreign funding sources for schools
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is urging the U.S. Department of Education to stop delaying the release of documents showing foreign funding sources for colleges and universities.In a letter to the department on Monday, the center, which represents the Louis D. Brandeis Center Coalition to Combat Antisemitism, a separate entity, states that Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 requires schools to publicly disclose certain gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more in a calendar year.The department said on July 6 that it would release a report on July 15 featuring “the names of all foreign sources from prior reporting cycles,” but it postponed the report four times in the past two months. The current release date is now said to be Sept. 11, according to the Brandeis Center.“These repeated postponements are increasingly difficult to reconcile with the transparency objectives of Section 117…
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is urging the U.S. Department of Education to release documents detailing foreign funding sources for colleges and universities. The center sent a letter to the department on Monday, emphasizing that Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 mandates public disclosure of gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more. The department has postponed the release of this information four times, with the current target date being September 11. Karen Paikin Barall, chief policy officer for the center, stated, “the American public has a right to know who is funding our universities, particularly when that funding may influence academic programs, what is taught and who is teaching it.” The Brandeis Center has also filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the data, which includes historical and current records dating back to 1986.
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