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.

A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted.

The public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.

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.

Critics, however, say it may be illegal for schools to collect the data demanded by the US president in a memo signed on Thursday.

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