The Trump administration has launched a process to try to strip Columbia University of its accreditation over a finding the school had failed to meaningfully protect Jewish students from harassment .

On Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department notified the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Columbia’s accreditor, that the school was in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws and accordingly does not meet the commission’s standards. The government issued the finding May 22.

“Just as the Department of Education has an obligation to uphold federal anti-discrimination law, university accreditors have an obligation to ensure member institutions abide by their standards,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

A rep for the accreditor confirmed it had rece

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