By Jaryn Crouson | Published at The Daily Caller

Harvard University reportedly accepted over $100 million from China and about $1.6 million from “Palestinian territories” since 2017.

A new Open the Books report released Thursday found the Ivy League school has accepted $1.1 billion from foreign sources since 2017 alone. The Department of Education on April 18 launched a records request into Harvard after finding “the university’s foreign reports revealed incomplete and inaccurate disclosures.”

As a recipient of federal funding, Harvard University must be transparent about its relations with foreign sources and governments,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said at the time. “Unfortunately, our review indicated that Harvard has not been fully transparent or complete in its disclosures, which is both unacceptable and unlawful. This records request is the Trump Administration’s first step to ensure Harvard is not being manipulated by, or doing the bidding of, foreign entities, which include actors who are hostile to the interests of the United States and American students.”

"Little to no description was given for how the money from China and the Palestinian territories was spent, according to Open the Books. About $34.2 million in contracts from China, however, went towards “designat[ing] a principle investigator” likely relating to research projects, essentially allowing China to choose who is in charge of research.

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