The Ivy League's Dark Money Problem: A Pattern of Privilege and Partisanship The Justice Department's investigation into Harvard University has exposed a contentious issue at the heart of higher education: the intersection of money, politics, and academic privilege.
At its core, this is a question of whether Harvard is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, raising fundamental concerns about equal access and opportunity.
Harvard has accepted hundreds of millions in foreign funding over the years, with $630 million coming from Chinese sources.