Trump Directs Colleges to Report More Admissions Data

Higher education institutions maintain breakdowns of acceptances, GPAs, and test scores by race, but that information hasn’t been shared publicly.
Trump Directs Colleges to Report More Admissions Data
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Colleges and universities that receive federal funding will be required to share information and data about their admissions practices with the public under President Donald Trump’s new directive to the Department of Education.

The order, titled, Ensuring Accountability in Higher Education, was announced on Aug. 7. It expands the federal data reporting system to include admission criteria at schools.

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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.