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Federal Judge Blocks Trumps Data Grab from Public Universities

A federal judge in Boston has temporarily halted the Trump administrations attempt to collect detailed race data from public universities for admissions. The move comes after a lawsuit from seventeen Democratic state attorneys general, who argued that the data grab invades student privacy and sets up witch hunts against universities. The judge agreed that the feds likely have the power to ask for this info, but called the rollout rushed and chaotic. The data hunt targets race and sex breakdowns for applicants, admits, and enrollees, going back seven years, due originally by March eighteenth. The injunction keeps the data war on pause for public unis in key states, but expect appeals and more clashes as both sides dig in over post-affirmative action accountability.

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