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Claim: Qatar funds US universities
TRUETHE ANSWER
US Education Dept data: Qatar is the top foreign funder of US colleges, $7.7bn since 1986. Cornell alone got $2.3bn. In 2025 it gave over $1bn, 20% of all foreign money to US universities.
SOURCE
US Dept of Education Sec. 117 database via Algemeiner, 8 Jan 2026
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