The U.S. Department of Education is opening an investigation into alleged incidents of antisemitism at Northwestern University.

Five universities, including Columbia and Northwestern, are facing new federal probes over antisemitism on their campuses, as the Trump administration looks to pressure higher education institutions into changing their policies.

The Education Department announced Monday that it would conduct investigations at five universities where antisemitic harassment incidents have been reported.

Northwestern University and under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for anti-semitism following student protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

Northwestern University is one of five schools nationwide being investigated by the Department of Education under the Trump Administration for “widespread antisemitic harassment,” the department announced.

The Department of Education is launching an investigation into U.S. universities “where widespread antisemitic harassment has been reported."

Northwestern University and four other schools are being investigated by the Trump Administration’s Department of Education for what it calls “widespread antisemitic harassment” in the wake of large pro-Palestinian protests that broke out on Northwestern’s and other campuses last spring.

The federal government is looking into allegations of antisemitism on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus. The U is one of five colleges under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.

The federal government is investigating antisemitism at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities following an executive order by President Trump.