Overview

• The executive order mandates that all federally funded colleges report applicant race, grade point average and standardized test scores to the Department of Education.
• Institutions must submit to government audits and publicly release their admissions statistics as proof of compliance with the Supreme Court ban on race-based preferences.
• The mandate builds on recent conciliation agreements in July with Brown and Columbia that tied data sharing to federal research funding.
• The White House asserts that diversity essays and personal statements have enabled indirect race-conscious admissions despite the 2023 Supreme Court rulings.
• The Department of Education may revoke federal funds from universities that fail to meet the new transparency and audit requirements.