How Trump’s Demand for Admissions Data Is Burdening Your College

The news set off alarms. Last summer, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would add a new component to its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a system of surveys all colleges must complete each year. The new survey, called the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement, or ACTS, would require selective four-year institutions to hand over a ton of data — on race, gender, high-school grades, standardized-test scores, and family income — for all applicants, admitted students, and enrolled students over the previous seven completed admissions cycles.