The Trump administration has introduced a new policy for universities across the country. This policy changes what schools must report about their students.
The government is now increasingly focused on the university admissions process. It wants to know more about how schools choose their students each year.
This new directive will require universities to provide detailed applicant data, including their race, grades, and test scores. [1, 2] Previously, schools were not required to share this level of detail about their applicant pools.
The administration stated this is part of its political agenda. The goal is to make sure universities are not using race as a factor when they decide which students to accept, following a Supreme Court ruling from 2023. [2, 6]