Education Department Probes Berkeley Over Alleged Failure to Report Chinese Donations

Federal law requires schools to disclose substantial foreign gifts and contracts to the Department of Education twice a year.

Prospective students tour the University of California–Berkeley campus before beginning of the new semester, in Berkeley, Calif., on June 8, 2023. Carlos Barria/Reuters

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.