Today, Explained What Trump really wants from colleges
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Aug 12, 2025 Guests Eric Hoover, a Senior Writer at the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Richard Kallenberg, Director of the American Identity Project, tackle the shifting landscape of college admissions. They discuss the Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions and its implications on diversity. The conversation explores new reporting requirements for schools and how they might affect economic disparities. They also highlight the evolving perspectives on affirmative action and the tension between government scrutiny and educational equity.
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Federal Demand For Disaggregated Admissions Data
- The Trump memo orders colleges to submit disaggregated applicant, admit, and enrolled data by race and gender.
- The administration suspects colleges are covertly maintaining race-conscious practices despite the Supreme Court ruling.
Columbia And Brown Set A Precedent
- Columbia and Brown agreed to turn over detailed race-by-stage admissions data for three years, offering a template for the administration.
- Those agreements likely encouraged the broader push for universal reporting across colleges.
A Deep Suspicion Drives The Inquiry
- The administration holds a deep suspicion that elite colleges are secretly circumventing the Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admissions.
- No definitive public evidence has been produced yet, but officials are actively hunting for it.