Education Department demands proof schools are not conducting race

President Donald Trump 's administration is demanding schools prove that they are not conducting race-based admissions.

The Department of Education released a memo on Thursday detailing a new auditing process for college admissions in order to find any instances of civil rights violations.

In order to "promote transparency," the Department of Education directed the National Center for Education Statistics to collect admissions data to show Americans that they are not conducting race-based preferences in their admissions process.

The National Center for Education Statistics is responsible for collecting and publishing a variety of types of data from educational institutions in the U.S.

The move comes after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling on the student activist group Students for Fa