Harvard Faces Pressure From New Trump Administration Probes

Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg

The Trump administration said Monday it has initiated two new investigations into Harvard University over alleged antisemitism on campus and racially discriminatory admissions practices.

The inquiries, launched by the Department of Education’s civil rights division, are the latest effort from Washington to pressure the Ivy League university into reshaping its policies.