(The Hill) -- The Trump administration pulled the most devastating lever against Columbia University on Wednesday when it announced it was targeting the school’s accreditation.

A typically mundane aspect of higher education with the ability to destroy a university, the college accreditation process gives a school the ability to qualify for federal student loans and Pell Grants.

And the Education Department showed it would be using that avenue to its advantage.

What action did Education Department take?

The federal agency announced Columbia violated Title VI federal antidiscrimination laws, zeroing in on the university’s alleged inaction on antisemitism.

The department said it would be informing Middle States Commission on Higher Education (the Commission), the college accreditation gr

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