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The Department of Education has launched investigations into seven schools after receiving complaints about alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, an administration official tells CNN.

The Department of Education has launched investigations into seven schools after receiving complaints about alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia, an administration official tells CNN.

The investigations include five antisemitism cases and two Islamophobia cases, the official said.

They are the first investigations of this kind by the Department of Education since the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.

The schools were informed about the investigations within the last 24 hours. They include one K-12 school, the Maize Unified School District in Kansas, and six colleges: Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, Cornell University in New York, Columbia University in New York, Wellesley College in Massachusetts, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, and the University of Pennsylvania.