Trump to sign order requiring universities disclose admissions data on race

How should American colleges measure merit?

The Trump Administration ordered universities to turn over data to prove they're not considering race in admissions. But education expert Richard Kahlenberg argues that for college admissions to look at merit fairly, they need to look at class.

Race Data Collection Will Block Schools From Admissions Discrimination

It is about to become much more difficult for American universities to hide their DEI programs and race-based admissions schemes.

Trump’s ‘Make Everything White’ Agenda Has A New Target

The administration is taking aim at an aspect of educational life that has long been a bugbear for conservatives.

Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection

The Trump administration has issued a pair of orders requiring colleges to prove they're not unlawfully considering race in student admissions.

Trump Is Demanding Colleges To Submit Data On Students' Race

Win McNamee/Getty Images News/Getty ImagesColleges and universities have often found themselves in the crosshairs of the Trump administration and the president himself. Decried as hotbeds of liberalism and left-wing radicals, institutions like Harvard, Columbia, and others have been threatened with legal action and withholding of federal grants and funds. Now, Trump has claimed, without hard evidence, that colleges continue to consider and admit…

Trump orders colleges to share admissions data, with an eye on affirmative action

President Trump signed a presidential memorandum Thursday requiring colleges and universities to submit expanded admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education. The move is the latest salvo in the administration’s fight against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and is intended to reveal if schools are still preferencing race in admissions even after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in 2023.Thursday’s memo claims “the…