Stanford, Rutgers Added to US Civil Rights Probes (Correct)

Stanford University and Rutgers University are among US universities now being investigated by the US Education Department for discrimination.

The agency updated its Office of Civil Rights website Tuesday, adding to a growing list of schools that already included Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cooper Union. Investigators have opened at least 20 investigations into antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act bars discrimination based on race, color or national origin in institutions that receive federal funding. While the ...