President Trump signed a memorandum requiring colleges to submit expanded admissions data to the Department of Education to investigate possible race preferences in admissions. This follows the Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action in 2023. The memo highlights concerns over the lack of transparency in admissions practices and aims to hold institutions accountable for potential racial biases. Colleges receiving federal student loans must now provide disaggregated data by race and sex, including academic metrics like standardized test scores and GPAs.
"The lack of available admissions data from universities paired with the rampant use of diversity statements and other overt and hidden racial proxies continues to raise concerns about whether race is actually used in admissions decisions in practice."
"Institutions of higher education will now have to report data disaggregated by race and sex, and will include quantitative measures of applicants' and admitted students' academic achievements such as standardized test scores, GPAs and other applicant characteristics."
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