President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum aimed at stopping race-based admissions policies once and for all by ordering colleges and universities that receive federal funds to provide expansive data about how they accept applicants.

The memo reads:

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that consideration of race in higher education admissions violates students’ civil rights. However, the lack of available admissions data from universities—paired with the rampant use of ‘diversity statements’ and other overt and hidden racial proxies—continues to raise concerns about whether race is actually used in admissions decisions in practice.

“This Memorandum requires higher education institutions to submit the data necessary to verify that their admissions do not involve unlaw

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