The United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights sent out a letter Monday to 60 schools, including six in Massachusetts, regarding an investigation into alleged "antisemitic discrimination and harassment" on the school's campuses.
Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically shrink the federal role in education.
The arrest of terrorist-sympathizing former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is aimed at rooting out antisemitism from colleges.
The Trump administration has canceled $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, stating that persistent anti-Israel encampments and harassment of Jewish students on campus have gone unaddressed.
A memo from the Department of Education on Monday said 60 universities were being investigated for "antisemitic discrimination and harassment."