After nixing of Education Department, legal experts divided about efforts to combat campus antisemitism
The Office of Civil Rights opened several new Title VI investigations into universities just hours before President Trump signed the executive order to start dismantling the Department of Education

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President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Just hours before President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismantling the Department of Education, the department’s Office for Civil Rights opened its latest batch of antisemitism investigations into several...