Education Department Investigates Foreign Funding at University of Michigan After Arrests of Chinese Scholars

The Education Department said the university may have violated its foreign funding disclosure obligations.

The Department of Education building in Washington on July 6, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the University of Michigan (UM) over concerns about undisclosed or improperly disclosed foreign funding.

In a letter sent on July 15, the Education Department’s legal wing gave the university 30 days to hand over more than five years’ worth of records related to foreign donations, foreign research collaboration, and international students and scholars, as well as the names and contact details of university officials overseeing those areas.