Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Data Demand from California Colleges
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's policy requiring universities to submit extensive data on applicants, including race and GPA, to ensure compliance with non-discrimination laws. This decision comes after California and 16 other Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit challenging the policy. The administration's demand was part of a broader effort to investigate whether colleges are illegally considering race in admissions, a practice prohibited by the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling against affirmative action. 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 for public colleges in the suing states while the case proceeds. 
