Education Dept. to probe antisemitism at 5 universities, including Columbia, Northwestern, Berkeley
CBSN
The Education Department announced Monday that it would conduct investigations at five universities where antisemitic harassment incidents have been reported.
The institutions being probed are Columbia University; Northwestern University; Portland State University; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
The Education Department said in a news release that investigations respond to the "explosion of antisemitism on American campuses following the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023." It cited Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which protects individuals from discrimination based on national origin and applies to schools and institutions of higher learning that receive federal funding.
