The US Department of Education on Wednesday said that it has notified a university accreditation body that the Columbia University has violated the anti-discrimination laws as it alleged that the university failed to protect the civil rights of Jewish students on its campus, in an attempt to strip Columbia off its accreditation credentials. The Education department further alleged that Columbia University’s failure to meet the accreditation criteria means it doesn’t meet the standards of accreditation set by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. In a letter, Education Secretary Linda McMahon alleged that Columbia University “acted with deliberate indifference towards...