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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 8, 2025

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring colleges to submit data proving they do not consider race in admissions, the White House said Thursday. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in admissions but said colleges may still consider how race has shaped students’ lives if applicants share that information in their essays. According to reporting from the Associated Press, Trump’s administration accuses colleges of using personal statements and other proxies to consider race. The order is similar to parts of recent settlement agreements the administration reached with Brown University and Columbia University, restoring their federal research funding after they agreed to provide the government with data on the race, grade point average and standardized test scores of applicants, admitted students and enrolled students. The order would require universities to share that information, undergo audits and release admissions statistics publicly.