The Trump-era Education Department is investigating Tulane University's partnership with a program that aims to recruit diverse graduate students.

The federal department of Education says it has opened an investigation into 45 colleges that are part of a program to help students of color.

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his officials say exclude whit

Amid President Trump's push against DEI, the Education Department has opened investigations into a diversity-related program it says is connected to three California colleges. The department said it is investigating whether the program amounts to illegal race-based discrimination.

The department said Friday it had opened an investigation into UW-Madison and 44 other universities nationwide over alleged racial discrimination. The notifications came exactly a month after the department issued sweeping guidance threatening to pull funding from colleges that do not eliminate all considerations of race from policies and programs.

U.S. Department of Education announced the probes, which could lead to institutions losing federal funding over "race-based preferences."

MIT is among more than 50 universities being investigated for alleged racial discrimination by the Trump administration.