Northwestern University and four other schools are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for what the federal agency is calling “widespread antisemitic harassment” after mass student protests that broke out last spring against the Israel-Hamas war.

Northwestern University is one of five schools nationwide being investigated by the Department of Education under the Trump Administration for “widespread antisemitic harassment,” the department announced.

Northwestern University and four other schools are being investigated by the Trump Administration’s Department of Education for what it calls “widespread antisemitic harassment” in the wake of large pro-Palestinian protests that broke out on Northwestern’s and other campuses last spring.