Trump Forces Universities to Expose Affirmative Action Data

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The Trump administration has forced a reckoning in higher education, using the threat of frozen federal funds to extract sweeping settlements from elite universities.

Over the past several months, schools like Columbia, Brown, and Stanford have agreed to pay millions and overhaul their policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), antisemitism, and Title IX to regain access to critical grants and contracts.

These settlements also require schools to share data on their hiring and admissions practices with the Trump administration — all part of a federal crackdown on potentially unlawful practices.