"Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions.

They argued in public comments that the new requirements for admissions data collection are too vague, request data institutions do not collect and could violate students’ privacy. Several institutions said they broadly support transparency and the federal data collection but that the department needs to rethink the proposal to lessen the administrative burden on colleges and universities—especially smaller institutions with limited institutional research capacity.

Under the Department of Education’s proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement, institutions would have to submit applied, admitted and enrolled student data broken down by test score quintiles, grade point average quintiles, income ranges, Pell Grant eligibility and parental education levels, as well as data regarding aid and student outcomes. Institutions would also be required to send historical data going back to 2020," reports Inside Higher Ed.

Photo: Public comments about the Department of Education’s proposed admissions data rule include concerns about student privacy and the burden on small college staffs. Illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Public Comments Submitted to Regulations.Gov.