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President Donald Trump signed a memorandum requiring colleges to submit data as evidence they don’t consider race in their admissions process.

"The persistent lack of available data — 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," the Associated Press noted, citing the memorandum signed by Trump.

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Trump’s new policy is like portions of a recent settlement agreement with Brown University and Columbia University, resulting in the renewal of the schools' federal research money.

The universities agreed to provide the federal government with data on the

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