The U.S. Department of Education said Wednesday that Columbia University has failed to meet the standards for accreditation because the Ivy League school "is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws" for allegedly tolerating harassment of Jewish students on campus.

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights notified th e Middle States Commission on Higher Education , an accrediting institution that Columbia belongs to, of the alleged violation.

The department noted that by federal regulations, "accreditors are required to notify any member institution about a federal noncompliance finding and establish a plan to come into compliance."

"If a university fails to come into compliance within a specified period, an accreditor must take appropriate action against its memb

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