Judge Blocks Trump From Collecting College Race Data in 17 States
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from collecting seven years of student race and GPA data from public universities in California and 16 other Democratic-led states. The administration wanted the information to crack down on colleges that consider race in admissions decisions.
A federal judge stopped President Trump's effort to gather detailed student data from public universities in 17 states. The administration demanded seven years of applicant information, including race and GPA data, from schools in California and 16 other Democratic-led states.
The Trump administration said it needed this data to enforce rules against considering race during college admissions. Officials want to end practices that help increase diversity on college campuses.
The lawsuit was filed by California and other Democratic states who argued the data request was an overreach. They said the administration was trying to intimidate colleges and change admission policies without going through proper legal channels.
This ruling is part of a broader fight over college admissions. The Trump administration has promised to crack down on what it calls unfair admission practices that consider a student's race as one factor in acceptance decisions.
The blocked data collection would have affected millions of students who applied to public universities like UC Berkeley, UCLA, and state schools in other Democratic states over the past seven years.
This affects how colleges can admit students and could change who gets accepted to public universities. The ruling protects current college admission practices that aim to increase diversity on campus.
The Trump administration could appeal the ruling or try a different approach to restrict race-based admissions policies.
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