The Trump administration escalated its scrutiny of Harvard University with two new Department of Education investigations tied to campus climate and admissions compliance. The Office for Civil Rights is examining allegations that Harvard tolerated harassment of Jewish students, while a separate probe will assess whether the university continues to use illegal race-based preferences in admissions following the 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ruling. Harvard told Reuters it is committed to confronting antisemitism and said it is engaging with federal requests, while campus reporting indicates the university has produced prior internal reviews finding evidence of antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias. The federal government is also pursuing litigation over alleged discrimination-related issues. The combined effect places Harvard’s compliance systems—especially around admissions documentation and incident response mechanisms—under heightened legal and administrative risk.