Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Demand for California College Admissions Data
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's demand for extensive data from public colleges and universities in California and 16 other states. The administration sought seven years of data, including grade-point averages, test scores, and race information, to ensure compliance with a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in college admissions. The University of California and California State University systems argued that the data request was burdensome and risked student privacy. The injunction temporarily halts the data collection while the lawsuit, filed by California and other Democratic-led states, proceeds. The Trump administration claims the data is necessary to verify that race is not illegally considered in admissions, following the Supreme Court's 2023 decision. 
