Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   On 2025-08-07, Donald Trump directed the Education Department to expand higher-education admissions data collection to support enforcement against race-based admissions practices the memorandum described as unlawful.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Admissions directive imposed six-year demographic reporting with unresolved misuse risk · Expanded reporting ordered; implementation details and institutional burdens remained contested.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   On 2025-08-07, Donald Trump directed the Education Department to expand higher-education admissions data collection to support enforcement against unlawful race-based admissions practices.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump ordered expanded admissions reporting to police race-conscious practices · superseded evidence record