Anti-American, Foreign Donors Are Paying Off Our Profs. Shouldn’t We Address This?
Ms. Feldman, re: “Over the past 10 years, gifts from and contracts with governments, companies, and individuals [in the Middle East] have amounted to more than $600 million.”
Very well-made point; influence-buying on American college campuses by sovereign wealth interests is an extremely dangerous development not only for the future of our education system, but for national security reasons. Worse yet, the problem is fairly far advanced; some of our most prestigious universities have already been co-opted. Example: Georgetown University has a new peace and security studies center and program, funded by wealthy ME Muslims. Having pumped so much wealth into the dept., the Islamic patrons, one can be certain, will not allow content shall we say “critical” of Islam to be taught there without turning off the money tap. Georgetown has for years sent graduates into the foreign service, military, Dept. of State and other govt. agencies. Do we really want our govt. staffed by personnel indoctrinated in this manner? Congress shold immediately outlaw donations of this sort to American colleges and universities; no foreign interest or government should be permitted to buy influence into the education of our youth. No exceptions.
