The Trump Department of Education investigating 60 universities for antisemitism and harassment, including Harvard and schools in the UC system

By: Jamie Joseph, Fox News, March 10, 2025:

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump’s Department of Education announced Monday that 60 universities are currently under investigation for “antisemitic discrimination and harassment,” Fox News Digital has learned.

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement.

“U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”

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Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate in New York City on Oct. 5, 2024, ahead of the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to the 60 higher education institutions Monday afternoon warning that they could face legal repercussions “if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities.”

The letters were sent to universities currently under investigation for allegations of antisemitic harassment and discrimination stemming from anti-Israel campus protests nationwide following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel.

The universities in question are in every major region of the country.

Northeast: American University, Boston University, Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Drexel University, Emerson College, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Middlebury College, Muhlenberg College, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-Newark, Swarthmore College, The New School, Yale University, State University of New York Binghamton, State University of New York Rockland, State University of New York Purchase, Temple University, Tufts University, Union College, and Wellesley College.

Midwest: Illinois Wesleyan University, Indiana University Bloomington, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin Madison.

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