The Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky also were listed as schools under investigation over what the department claims to be racial discrimination.

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Rice University, alleging it uses race-exclusionary practices in its graduate program.

The Education Department announced Friday it is investigating more than 50 colleges and universities over what it called “racial preferences” in academics or scholarships, a move that comes amid the Trump administration’s wider crackdown on diversity,

The Department of Education has 51 universities in its sights, charging that they are operating programs that discriminate on the basis of race. The Office of Civil Rights has begun investigations to determine if the schools violated Title VI,