Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering

We explore how the influx of foreign funding into higher education sectors United States and Kingdom has raised challenge “reputation laundering”—when donors individuals use donations to prestigious universities boost their international public image offset negative images or reported controversies back in home country. outline four pathways for reputation laundering—donations academic programs/schools, naming rights, honorary degrees board seats; offer favorable admissions decisions—and examine variety policies, practices safeguards that have been adopted by U.K. U.S. response. present evidence, drawn from a survey development officers, university diligence procedures, which usually focus on compliance with law, often are inadequate filtering deterring most types laundering.