The announcement cites Yale’s partnership with The PhD Project — an organization which aims to bolster diversity amongst business school faculty — as a potential violation of the Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague” letter which ordered schools to end race-conscious programs.

It’s part of the Trump administration’s mission to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the country using the federal purse as leverage.

MIT, Yale, and the University of Rhode Island are among the schools being targeted for partnering with The PhD Project.

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