Education Department Intensifies Pressure on Colleges Over Foreign Gifts Reporting

Students walk through Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 12, 2020. Harvard was accused of failing to report millions in foreign gifts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Universities and colleges in the United States will need to provide more information when they report to the federal government about gifts and contracts involving foreign sources, according to the Education Department.

In an effort to step up its scrutiny of institutions receiving gifts from foreign entities, the Education Department on Monday launched a new online portal that all institutions must use to report foreign gifts and contracts valued at $250,000 or more.