Title VI Oversight Meets Data Reality: Comments On The ACTS Proposal Analyzed—Key Takeaways For Higher Education

With the comment period now closed on the U.S. Department of Education's proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) to its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), more than 3,400 submissions reflect broad participation across higher education and the public. Announced on August 15, 2025, the proposed data collection would add a supplement to IPEDS requiring six years of disaggregated admissions, aid, and outcomes data from selective four-year institutions to support transparency and compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Quick Hits

• The comment period on the Education Department's proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) to IPEDS closed on October 14, 2025, drawing thousands of comments by universities, higher education associations, community and technical colleges, career schools, graduate and professional programs, civil rights and policy organizations, researchers, and individual