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After Harvard and Columbia, Trump admin continues to target over 60 universities
As the Trump administration continues its crackdown on US universities and colleges, the president has signed a ban on foreign student visas for Harvard University.
Donald Trump has signed into a place a six month ban on foreign student visas for Harvard University amid its row. Furthermore, the Trump admin has also targeted Columbia University and threatened to strip the fellow Ivy league college of its accreditation.
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These efforts come as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on DEI-related initiatives across universities and its response to the pro-Palestinian protests that swept US campuses last year.
With Harvard and Columbia in the spotlight, the US Education Department has opened over 104 investigations against universities and colleges across the 50 states.
As per a report by Education Week, the Department of Education has opened at least 104 investigations against universities, school districts and colleges as of June 3.
Of this, 70 have been against higher education systems such as Harvard, Columbia, Brown University and more. These 70 names also include the various out-of-state branches of universities.
As per the Education Week report, 52 universities have been targeted for the DEI-initiatives, which Trump alleges promotes admissions based on race. The remaining have been targeted for their role in the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests.
Universities and colleges across the US have been targeted for several reasons stated by the Trump administration such as antisemitism, race based programming, services for students with disabilities and disclosure of foreign contracts and gifts.
Universities have also been targeted for their policies for transgender students, which as per the Trump administration, goes against the president's executive order which declaring only two genders.
Universities such as Harvard, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Northwestern, Pennsylvania and Princeton are among the list of higher education systems targeted by the Trump administration.
(Based on notices issued by the US Education Department)
