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ARTICLE · 14 AUGUST 2025

New Admissions Data Reporting Requirements For Higher Education Institutions

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced it will require institutions of higher education to report additional data relating to admissions processes.

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced it will require institutions of higher education to report additional data relating to admissions processes. The announcement follows President Donald Trump's executive order "Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions." The stated goal of these changes is to inform students and parents whether the institutions to which they apply are admitting students based on an objective assessment of merit and achievement.

Institutions already report significant school- and student-level data to the ED through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey process administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a division of the ED's Institute for Education Sciences (IES). However, the ED states the existing survey does not adequately capture information needed to determine if institutions are using race-based preferencing in their admissions process. The ED's

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