Neetu Arnold

Neetu Arnold

Foreign funding of American universities remains an open secret. This report details the underreporting of foreign gifts to universities by analyzing a complementary database compiled using public rec......

• Middle Eastern Studies
• Foreign Influence

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Neetu Arnold

America’s Middle East Studies Centers were originally founded to study the politics, culture, and language of Middle Eastern nations. But our analyses and case studies demonstrate that Middle Ea......

• Middle Eastern Studies

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Neetu Arnold

This case study reveals how Qatar uses partnerships with American universities to advance its own interests and values. In partnering with Qatar, American universities have invested substantial t......

• Higher Ed Finance
• Accountability/Public Disclosure

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Neetu Arnold

As more Americans attend college, costs rise, and more students fail to graduate, we ask, "why?" Priced Out details the spending habits of 50 universities across America and provides......

• College Costs
• College Presidents
• Higher Ed Finance
• Student Loans/Debt
• College Administration

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Neetu Arnold

The small but wealthy Middle East “petrostate” of Qatar has emerged as the top foreign funder of American universities, donating at least $4.7 billion between 2001 and 2021. The 2022 NAS r......

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Neetu Arnold

Neetu Arnold reviews Josh Mitchell’s The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe

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Neetu Arnold

A review of "Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt," by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Harvard University Press, pp. 400, $29.95 Hardcover.

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Neetu Arnold

Learn more about our foreign funds database and how to use it. 

• Foreign Influence

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Neetu Arnold

Conservatives should stick to merit, equal opportunity, and fairness by ending legacy admissions, argues Neetu Arnold in her contribution to the NAS's symposium.

• Legacy Admissions

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Teresa R. Manning and Neetu Arnold

SCOTUS hears arguments regarding the Biden administration's plan to cancel over $400 billion dollars of student debt, and whether the president is legally justified in his executive actions.

• Student Loans/Debt
• Supreme Court

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