The Trump administration has intensified its struggle with Columbia University, declaring that the school does not meet accreditation standards for its inability to protect Jewish students.
“After October 7, 2023 of Hamas, a terrorist attack on Israel, the management of the University of Columbia acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on his campus,” said US Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday.
The Office of Civil Rights of the American Department of Education said on Wednesday that it had informed the average commission of higher education states – a non -governmental association which conducts accreditation activities for higher education establishments – on the alleged violation of the University of Columbia of title VI of the Civil Rights Act, According to a press release from the Department of Education.
The Federal Agency said that its decision had concluded that the university “no longer seems to respect” the committee’s accreditation standards.
Accreditation, carried out by non -profit organizations, is required so that university students have access to federal funds, including subsidies and loans to students Columbia website.
“We are impatiently awaiting the Commission to keep the ministry fully informed of the measures taken to ensure the compliance of Columbia to accreditation standards, including compliance with federal laws on civil rights,” said McMahon.
The Commission of Middle States on Higher Education confirmed to CNN that it received a letter on the issue on Wednesday, but “we have no other comments at the moment.”
Columbia last month was accused of having violated the federal law on civil rights By acting with “deliberate indifference” towards the harassment of Jewish students on the campus since October 7, 2023, coinciding with a terrorist attack in Hamas and its allies and the brutal war of Israel in Gaza.
A spokesperson for Columbia at the time put the results as another stage in university work with the government to determine the best ways to fight anti-Semitism on the campus.
THE announcement was part of a series of actions by the federal government Joint working group to combat anti -Semitismwhich was created following an executive decree of February by President Donald Trump.
Trump targeted the college accreditation process with A new decree in AprilAsking the Secretary to Education to “keep responsible for higher education responsible, in particular by denial, monitoring, suspension or termination for poor performance or violations to the Federal Civil Rights Act,” an official of the White House told CNN before signing.
CNN contacted Columbia University to comment.
The Ministry of Education said on Wednesday that it had “the obligation to provide accreditors with any conclusion of non-compliance linked to member institutions” in accordance with Trump’s decree.
Elite universities in the United States – including Colombia – have undergone intense administration pressure to comply with demands for changes in school policy or are likely to lose federal funding.
Columbia announced a series of Balayage policy changes In March, after the Trump administration said it canceled $ 400 million in university grants and contracts for its alleged failure to cancel anti -Semitism on the campus.
This is a story in development and will be updated.
