Judge temporarily halts Trump demand for race-based admissions data from universities

Judge temporarily halts Trump demand for race-based admissions data from universities

A judge ruled on Friday to temporarily stall efforts by the Trump administrations demanding race-based admissions data from universities.   U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor ruled in favor of the 17 blue states that challenged the administration’s new reporting requirements, arguing they were costly and burdensome to universities.   The Trump administration wants to implement the “Admissions and Consumer…

Court Stalls Trump’s Effort to Enforce Affirmative Action Ban – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s nationwide effort to require colleges to turn over detailed race-based admissions data.  U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV issued this temporary restraining order to postpone the deadline for admissions data collection last Friday. The order required federally funded colleges to provide admissions reports by March 18 that were “disaggregated by race and sex relating to their applicant pool…

Trump’s demand for colleges nationwide to fork over race data faces legal hurdle

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. judge in Boston on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from ordering colleges to collect and turn over detailed data on race and student admissions, delivering a near-term reprieve to 17 Democratic attorneys general who sued to block the policy from taking force.  U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a temporary restraining order Friday that b…

Trump's demand for colleges nationwide to fork over race data faces legal hurdle

A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's requirement for colleges to collect and turn over data on admissions and race, in a near-term victory for Democratic attorneys general

US judge temporarily blocks Trump effort to secure race data from colleges

A federal judge has halted a Trump administration directive. Universities were asked to submit admissions data by next week. This data was to show they are not using race in admissions. Seventeen Democratic state attorneys sued, leading to the temporary block. The judge extended the deadline to March 25. This allows time to review the case.

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Demand for Student Race Data

A group of Democratic attorneys general had sued to overturn the Trump administration’s new policy that demanded the past seven years of student application data.