Trump administration pulls lever to threaten Harvard's accreditation

The Education Department and Department of Health and Human Services told Harvard University's accreditor on Wednesday there is “strong evidence to suggest the school may no longer meet” accreditation standards. 

The letter to the New England Commission of Higher Education is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's multi-front effort against the nation's oldest college. Loss of accreditation would mean Harvard could not receive federal student aid.  

The federal...