New Delhi, June 5 -- The US Department of Education announced on June 4 that Columbia University violated federal anti-discrimination laws, failing to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The department said this breach places Columbia in violation of the standards required by its accrediting agency, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a strong statement, saying, "The school's leadership acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on its campus" following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

The Department formally notified the Middle States Commission, stressing that Columbia's actions violated Title VI of the Civil Righ...