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Northwestern University Students Head To D.C., Plan To Speak About Antisemitism On Campus
60 institutions of higher education were warned in March that they were under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
May 6, 2025
Northwestern University has been under the microscope of the Trump administration as the subject of an investigation for how it handled reports of antisemitism on campus in recent years.
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Now, some students are in Washington to speak to lawmakers and to visit the White House.
The investigation is into of what the Department of Education calls "explosions of antisemitism" on college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. An initial report cited Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which protects individuals from discrimination based on national origin and applies to schools and institutions of higher learning that receive federal funding.
