"The ACTS survey-a new component of the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System-requires colleges to collect extensive admissions data on test scores, grade point averages, race, sex and income ranges of applied, admitted and enrolled students going back as far as 2019. The aim is to confirm that institutions are complying with the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling banning the consideration of race in admissions decisions."
"ACTS aims to transform IPEDS "from a reliable tool for methodical statistical reporting to a mechanism for law enforcement and the furthering of partisan policy aims," they wrote. They added that the scope and time frame of collecting such data places "a considerable burden" on institutions and could subject them to "costly investigations based on unreliable data.""
U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor IV issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's mandate requiring colleges and universities to collect and report detailed admissions data by race and gender through the new Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement survey. The order extends the deadline to March 25 to allow for a hearing. The ACTS survey requires institutions to report extensive admissions data including test scores, GPAs, race, sex, and income ranges dating back to 2019, ostensibly to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling banning race-based admissions. However, 17 Democratic state attorneys general challenged the requirement as unlawful, arguing it transforms data collection into a law enforcement mechanism and imposes substantial burdens on institutions.
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