PROVIDENCE, RI − The Trump administration has opened an investigation into security protocols on Brown University's campus after a Dec. 13 mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others.
The investigation is looking into what happened on campus before and after the shooting for potential violations of federal law by the university.
"After the horrific shooting on its campus, the Department of ED is reviewing Brown University to determine if it upheld its safety & security requirements under the law," wrote Education Secretary Linda McMahon on the social media platform X. "The Trump Admin will fight to ensure recipients of federal funding are protecting students' safety."
More specifically, the U.S. Department of Education announced that its Office of Federal Student Aid "will investigate if Brown violated Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act, otherwise known as the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), which requires institutions of higher education to meet certain campus safety and security-related requirements as a condition of receiving federal student aid."
Continuing, the statement posted by the Department of Education said:
