U.S. Export Controls Compliance Practices Benchmarks for Higher Education, 2022 Edition

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This one-of-a-kind resource provides a rich set of benchmarks and data to compare against your own practices and procedures regarding compliance with export control regulations and related strictures. You’ll find detailed data on faculty training and preparedness, assessment and risk reports, size of export control staff, and time spent on export control issues along with invaluable peer advice. This study is jam-packed with over 110 easy to scan charts and figures displaying critical data you can’t find in any other publication.  

In significant detail, survey respondents also discuss their response to growing tension between the USA and China and its impact on their export controls regimen. Respondents also give their opinion of the validity of the current efforts by governments in the USA, Canada, and the UK.

Specialized export control compliance survey data and benchmarks from peer institutions

The Export Controls Compliance Practices Benchmarks for Higher Education, 2022 Edition includes 89-pages of in-depth commentary and analysis based on extensive surveying of 22 colleges and universities. You’ll also find scores of data points in over 110 tables helping readers answer questions such as:

• Has your institution experienced hacking attacks on data subject to export controls or other government technology controls?
• How pervasive is the knowledge of export controls in the faculties or research employees with whom you traditionally deal?
• How much time does your office spend on export control issues?
• Have you used outside attorneys in the past year for any issue related to export control compliance?
• How clear do you feel are federal rules and policies regarding the employment of postdocs or visiting faculty from China or Russia in emerging technology area?
• What restrictions does your organization place on foreign nationals studying or working at your institution?
• Do you compile periodic risk assessment reports to foresee possible problems with export control violations before they might happen?
• How many export control plans has your organization filed over the past 3 years?

You’ll get survey data on these questions and much more – detailed in over 110 easy-to-scan tables

Data in this report is broken out by world university ranking, annual research expenditures, enrollment, general field of research focus, and separately for R1, and R2 and all other universities or colleges. Here are just a few of the findings in the Export Controls Compliance Practices Benchmarks for Higher Education, 2022 Edition:

• 55% of those surveyed have withdrawn a scholarship or expelled a foreign student over failure to disclose a relationship with a foreign military, university or government organization.
• 50% of respondents from universities where research was biomedically oriented felt that policies governing the employment and use of postdocs and visiting faculty from China and Russia were unclear.
• 7% of participants are spending about the same amount of staff time on export controls as they had three years ago.
• 60% of R2 universities in the sample participated in the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative [CITI] export control compliance training.

See how your organization compares

Unlike any other available resource, Export Controls Compliance Practices Benchmarks for Higher Education, 2022 Edition provides you with an in-depth look into key data so you can compare your practices and see how you stack up against other organizations – and use the data to point you to areas for improvement.

Benchmarking data you can trust

You can rely on the accuracy of the detailed data, commentary, and analysis provided in this informative report. It was compiled and written by James Moses, President of Primary Research Group. Mr. Moses is the author of hundreds of industry studies and benchmarking reports and is a former economist for the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Export Controls Compliance Practices Benchmarks for Higher Education, 2022 is available for $295 and is delivered as a PDF file.