President Donald Trump is expected to sign a Presidential Memorandum on Thursday ordering higher education institutions to hand over their admissions data in order to prove they are not engaging in affirmative action, a senior White House official told the Daily Caller.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the use of race-based affirmative action admissions policies by institutions of higher education were unconstitutional. A fact sheet on the Thursday order, obtained by the Caller, states that because universities fail to provide admissions data — while using “diversity statements” and various other initiatives to circumvent the SCOTUS ruling — the administration is concerned over the continued use of racial preferences in the admissions process.
Trump’s order Thursday demands institutions that receive federal funding submit their admissions data to the federal government in order to prove that they aren’t engaging in discriminatory practices, the fact sheet obtained by the Caller states.
