Columbia University has discriminated against Jewish students following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants on Israel and no longer meets accreditation standards, the federal Department of Education alleged Wednesday.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote in a letter to the commission responsible for accrediting U.S. universities that the Ivy League’s leadership “acted with deliberate indifference” toward Jewish students.

If Columbia were to lose its accreditation, its students would no longer be eligible for federal student loans and Pell grants, according to the education department.

A spokesperson confirmed the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which is responsible for evaluating colleges and universities in the New York region, had received the letter.

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