Education Department probing Columbia University over protests, treatment of Jewish students

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday said his department has opened an investigation into Columbia University for potential violations of civil rights laws amid pro-Palestinian protests and danger to Jewish students.

New York City Police officers set up barricades around gathered members of the press outside the Columbia University campus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.

He said if schools are found to have failed under the terms of the law and refuse to implement fixes, they could lose federal funding.Columbia is perhaps the most visible flashpoint, with students Tuesday occupying a school building and the college going into a shutdown, with only resident students and essential employees allowed entry.they renamed it Hind’s Hall, in honor of a Palestinian girl they declared a “martyr” of “the genocidal Israeli state.”Mr.

 

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