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The New Risks of Foreign Funding for Higher Education

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February 19, 2026

We’re pleased to share Foreign Funding and Higher Education: 7 Core Elements of a Proactive Risk Assessment Model, recently published by Accounting Today. If you oversee foreign-funding activities or endowments for a higher-education institution, regulatory scrutiny has increased. Significant risks of non-compliance now exist outside federally-funded research that has historically faced less review.

Co-authored by Managing Director Darryl Wegner in collaboration with Gerald McMahon of W1 Global Inc., this article addresses the new and increasing risks foreign funding now poses for higher-education institutions. It also offers seven key elements you can adopt to establish a more proactive model to assess risks and evaluate issues with foreign funding before they arise.

Read the full article here.

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Darryl Wegner, JD
Managing Director, PKF O’Connor Davies
dwegner@pkfod.com | 781.937.5300

Gerald McMahon
Principal, W1 Global Inc.
gerry.mcmahon@w1-global.com | 774.217.2221

Joseph N. Russell
Partner, PKF O’Connor Davies
jrussell@pkfod.com | 201.712.9800