Education Department Expands Discrimination Probe to Multiple Universities
The U.S. Education Department has announced investigations into six more colleges and universities, including Stanford, UCLA, and Rutgers, over complaints of campus discrimination. These investigations come after similar inquiries were opened into elite East Coast schools. The department routinely investigates complaints of discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The recent spike in investigations is attributed to clashes on college campuses following the outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza. The Education Department aims to address the rise in reports of antisemitism, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and other forms of discrimination and harassment on campuses.