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News: American Universities & Ivy League Schools Are Receiving Billions From Arab SourcesThe Department of Education shows that between 1986 and 2021, colleges and universities received nearly $8.5 billion from Arab sources.Prompting one to ask why do Arab nations have so much influence over American Universities. According to Mitchell G. Bard, Ph.D., Most of the funding came after 9/11 as Arab states, particularly the Saudis, looked to improve their image in the United States. Nearly half of the gifts in the report came from Saudi sources. By far the largestdonation on the list, nearly $85 million, was a contract between Qatar and Carnegie-Mellon for a council for information and technology. Qatar has donated over $4.3 billion to U.S. universities and Ivy League schools through their “Qatar Foundation.Cornell University has taken more than $1.9 Billion from Qatar.Harvard ranks as the 8th largest recipient of Arab funding among U.S. universities, with $187,133,626 received across 102 gifts, including a notable $20 million gift from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to "support Islamic studies."Yale has received around $15.9 million from Qatar since 2012.Georgetown University has received $748 million from Arab countries, notably Qatar and Saudi Arabia, often channeled through the Qatar Foundation and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s contributions to its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.In recent years, Qatar has been the largest investor in universities. It, too, has an image problem as a funder and supporter of terrorist groups – Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood – and the home of the anti-Israel, anti-American Al Jazeera television network.