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US Government Launches Investigations Into University Admissions and Campus Protests

2 sources across 2 countries · Israel · United States

Who reported this

  • The Times of Israel Israel · Centre · Seth Klarman (majority backer)
  • Bloomberg United States · Centre · Bloomberg L.P. (Michael Bloomberg)

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The US Department of Justice has stated that Duke University School of Law discriminated against applicants based on race. According to the DOJ, the admissions practices at the school favored Black and Hispanic applicants. Simultaneously, the Education Department is probing two colleges in California over an alleged failure to respond to antisemitism and anti Israel protests. One center leaning source describes the Duke investigation as part of a wide ranging higher education pressure campaign by the Trump administration.

How each side framed it

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Center leaning outlets framed the events as part of broader government scrutiny of university admissions and campus safety.

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