Trump Orders Colleges to Prove Race Isn’t Factor in Admissions

Trump Memo Orders Universities to Provide Evidence They Aren’t Using Racist Affirmative Action

President Donald Trump has issued a signed memorandum ordering colleges and universities that receive federal funding to submit admissions data to the federal government. The post Trump Memo Orders Universities to Provide Evidence They Aren’t Using Racist Affirmative Action appeared first on Slay News.

Ensuring Transparency in Admissions

Yesterday in a memorandum to the Secretary of Education, President Donald J. Trump has officially directed adherence to the Supreme Court of the United States that “has definitively held that consideration of race in higher education admissions violates students’ civil rights.” Further, “the persistent lack of available data — paired with the rampant use of ‘diversity statements’ and other overt and hidden racial proxies — continues to raise con…

Washington Watch: Trump issues presidential memorandum on college admissions

President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 issued a presidential memorandum on college admissions, which was followed by a directive from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to the National Center for Education statistics that provides more detail on how the memorandum will be implemented.  The memorandum contains commentary similar to that used in other administration statements concerning college admissions and related issues.  It states that “American st…

Trump Orders Colleges to Prove Race Isn’t Factor in Admissions

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a new federal crackdown on college admissions practices, requiring higher education institutions to submit detailed data to prove they are not using race as a factor—despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling that banned affirmative action but left limited room for personal context related to race in admissions essays. The executive memorandum, signed Thursday, accuses colleges of evading the law through …