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US Education Department threatens Columbia University’s accreditation over campus antisemitism concerns

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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has escalated its fight with Columbia University, declaring the school doesn’t meet

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  1. Forbes

    Trump Administration Says Columbia’s Accreditation In Jeopardy Over Pro-Palestinian Protests (opens Forbes)

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    The Trump administration has targeted Columbia and other universities’ federal funding over their handling of protests held on campus last year.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Education Department seeks to have Columbia University's accreditation removed (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    The Trump admin said it has notified the accreditor for Columbia that the school violated Title IV, threatening the university's accreditation status.

  3. NBC 6 South Florida

    Education Department says Columbia University fails to meet accreditation standards (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University’s purported failure to protect Jewish students from harassment was “immoral” and...

  4. CBS News

    Education Dept. threatens Columbia University (opens CBS News)

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    The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said Columbia has violated federal antidiscrimination laws.

  5. New York Post

    DOE says Columbia should be stripped of accreditation over ‘indifference’ to antisemitism on campus (opens New York Post)

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    Columbia University should be stripped of its accreditation over its "deliberate indifference" to the harassment of Jewish students on campus, the US Department of Education said Wednesday.

  6. The Guardian

    Trump officials intensify Columbia dispute with accreditation threat (opens The Guardian)

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    Education department accuses university of violating federal anti-discrimination laws and notifies accreditor

  7. ABC 7 New York

    Education Department threatens Columbia's accreditation, invoking anti-discrimination laws (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    The Department of Education sent a warning to the accreditor for Columbia University, saying it violated federal anti-discrimination laws.

  8. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Columbia failed to meet accreditation rules, feds say | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Department of Education said today it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.

  9. Newsweek

    Columbia fails to meet accreditation status, Trump admin warns (opens Newsweek)

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    The Department of Education has notified the University's accreditor.

  10. The Hill

    Trump targets Columbia accreditation: What does it mean? (opens The Hill)

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    The Trump administration pulled the most devastating lever against Columbia University on Wednesday when it announced it was targeting the school’s accreditation. A typically mundane aspect of higher education but with the ability to destroy a university, the college accreditation process gives a sc…

  11. KRDO

    US Education Department threatens Columbia University’s accreditation over campus antisemitism concerns (opens KRDO)

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    By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has escalated its fight with Columbia University, declaring the school doesn’t meet

  12. Breitbart News

    Trump Targets Columbia University's Accreditation (opens Breitbart News)

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    The Trump administration says Columbia University has failed to meet accreditation standards and violated "federal antidiscrimination laws."

  13. Washington Examiner

    Education Department begins process of stripping Columbia’s accreditation over antisemitism claims (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The DOE's Office of Civil Rights claims that Columbia's leaders acted with deliberate indifference toward the alleged harassment of Jewish students.

  14. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    What is accreditation and what happens if Columbia University loses it? (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University could find itself facing far-reaching consequences as the Trump administration threatens its accreditation and accuses the school of violating federal anti-discrimination laws.

  15. The Washington Free Beacon

    Trump Administration Threatens Columbia's Accreditation For Violating Jewish Students' Civil Rights (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Trump administration threatened Columbia’s accreditation because it failed to protect Jewish students, putting its status at risk.

  16. Blaze Media

    Trump admin calls for Columbia University's accreditation to be pulled (opens Blaze Media)

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    The university is accused of violating rules against discrimination.

  17. Hot Air

    Trump Administration Threatens Columbia University's Accreditation (opens Hot Air)

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    The Education Department accuses school of violating the Civil Rights Act and calls for its accreditor to take action.

  18. UPI

    Columbia's accreditation threatened over harassment of Jewish students (opens UPI)

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    The U.S. Department of Education is threatening Columbia University's accreditation because the agency said the New York private school violated Title IX by not cracking down on harassment of Jewish students.

  19. PJ Media

    Total War: Trump Administration Attacks Columbia University's Accreditation (opens PJ Media)

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  20. Legal Insurrection

    Dept. Education: Columbia 'fails to meet the standards for accreditation' (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Columbia "acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students, thereby violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." DoEd can't pull accreditation itself, which means there is unlikely to be any consequence to Columbia, which is acting like it already has this one in …

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