US EditionTrump to sign order requiring universities disclose admissions data on race
UNITED STATES, AUG 7 – The order mandates federally funded colleges to report admissions data including race, GPA, and test scores to enforce the 2023 Supreme Court ban on race-based affirmative action.
- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring colleges to disclose data on admissions applicants' race and gender to the U.S. Department of Education, aiming for transparency in admissions practices.
- This directive follows a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action in admissions but allowed applicants to share how race affected their lives.
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated that institutions need to report data to verify that no unlawful discrimination is occurring in admission processes.
- Critics have indicated that the extensive data collection could complicate the understanding of admissions decisions, which include multiple factors beyond race.
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Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered universities on Thursday to disclose racial data of those applying for admission, as a way to demonstrate impartiality in granting admission. The conservative-majority Supreme Court put an end in 2023 to the so-called “positive discrimination,” by ruling the unconstitutionality of university admission procedures that take into account the skin color or ethnic origin of applicants. But he stated tha…
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