WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it had launched two more probes against Harvard University, marking its latest crackdown against top U.S. educational institutions.
The U.S. Education Department said its civil rights office “opened two new investigations into Harvard University amid allegations that it continues to discriminate against students on the basis of race, color, and national origin” in violation of federal law.
The latest probes will look into whether Harvard uses race-based preferences in admissions after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that ended affirmative action in higher education and into allegations of antisemitism on Harvard’s campus, the Education Department said.
Harvard, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has previously condemned all forms of discrimination and said it aims to combat bigotry. Harvard task forces released reports last year saying Jewish and Muslim students at the university had faced bigotry and abuse.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington;Editing by David Ljunggren)
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