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Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?

The Trump administration has fired nearly everyone who worked at the federal statistics agency that would collect the data the government is seeking.

© Rod Lamkey Jr. for The New York Times

The Trump administration fired all seven of the staff members who had worked on the college data set at the Department of Education.
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Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The presidential action would also require Linda McMahon, the education secretary, to increase the number of accuracy checks on the data provided by the schools.
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Trump Administration Freezes $108 Million in Funds to Duke University

The university was accused of racial discrimination in its health care system, the latest high-profile school targeted and stripped of federal funding.

© Travis Dove for The New York Times

Duke University is facing a budget crunch, its president said recently.
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