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Columbia University violated federal anti-discrimination laws and fails to meet accreditation standards over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year, the Department of Education said Wednesday in its latest episode of scrutiny against the university.
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The Department of Education said in a statement it determined Columbia violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it “acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students.”
The department said that through the violation, Columbia fails to meet standards for accreditation set by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an accrediting agency with over 500 member schools.
Forbes has reached out to Columbia for comment.
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