(The Center Square) – Starting in January, American universities can more easily report foreign funding, according to the Department of Education.

The federal government will launch a new foreign funding reporting portal on Jan. 2, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to increase oversight of foreign gifts and donations to American higher education.

Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires bachelor’s-degree-granting institutions to submit reports to the department twice a year disclosing any foreign donations exceeding $250,000 annually. The new portal will enable schools to upload contribution disclosures in bulk instead of one at a time and includes tools to help create reports and break them down into helpful graphics for the public.

The department under the first Trump a

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