{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Demands for Data on Race and the Future of College Admissions","description":"dotEDU is back for Season 7 with an examination of President Trump's demand for admissions data by race and sex and what that means for campuses. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah Spreitzer\u2014joined by ACE\u2019s Hiro Okahana\u2014explain what\u2019s being requested, what\u2019s lawful, and the need to avoid misleading metrics and protect student privacy. Plus: updates on international students, Harvard\u2019s funding-freeze case, and the outlook on appropriations for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.   Here are some of the links and references from this week\u2019s show:  Trump Memo on Admissions Data  Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admission  The White House | August 7, 2025  U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Directs National Center for Education Statistics to Collect Universities\u2019 Data on Race Discrimination in Admissions  U.S Department of Education | August 7, 2025  Trump Administration Orders Colleges to Submit New Admissions Data  ACE\u202f| August\u202f11, 2025  Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)  IPEDS  Inaccurate, impossible: Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data  The Hechinger Report\u202f|\u202fAugust 18, 2025  Trump\u2019s college admissions changes could backfire  Politico\u202f|\u202fAugust 15, 2025  Higher Education & The Trump Administration  ACE  International Students  DHS Proposal to Replace Duration of Status  NAFSA\u202f| September\u202f9, 2025  Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media  Federal Register\u202f|\u202fAugust\u202f28, 2025  Letter to Secretary Rubio Urging Exemption of F\/J\/M Visas from Travel Ban (PDF)  ACE  Harvard Ruling  Federal Court Backs Harvard in Ruling, Echoing Concerns Raised in ACE Brief  ACE\u202f|\u202fSeptember\u202f5, 2025  FY 2026 Appropriations  House Bill Preserves Pell, Slashes Other Student Aid Programs  ACE\u202f|\u202fSeptember\u202f5,\u202f2025  Senate Appropriators Reject Trump\u2019s Proposed Pell Grant and NIH Cuts  ACE | August\u202f4,\u202f2025  A Brief Guide to the Federal Budget and Appropriations Process  ACE  Government Shutdowns and Higher Education  ACE  ","author_name":"dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained","author_url":"http:\/\/dotedu.acepodcasts.libsynpro.com\/website","html":"