U.S. Department of Education officials said Friday that they had opened investigations into more than 50 universities, including Rutgers University, for alleged racial discrimination. Most of the investigations initiated by the Office for Civil Rights relate to the universities’ partnership with a program for doctoral students that limits eligibility based on race,

The University of Delaware and Rutgers University are among dozens of universities being investigated for alleged civil rights violations.

The latest investigation follows a letter from the Department’s Office for Civil Rights last month ordering schools to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or risk losing