Trump admin claims Columbia violated Jewish students' rights, threatens school's accreditation

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it has notified the accreditor for Columbia University that the school violated federal anti-discrimination laws, threatening the university's accreditation status by saying it "no longer appears to meet the Commissions accreditation standards."

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights "determined that Columbia University acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students, thereby violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," the Education Department said in a statement.