India, Aug. 8 -- President Donald Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Education to require higher education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance to be transparent regarding their admissions practices.
The Memorandum directs the Secretary of Education to revamp the online presentation and data collection of the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System, or IPEDS, to make it efficient, easily accessible, and intelligibly presented for parents and students.
The Memorandum instructs the Secretary of Education to expand the scope of required reporting for institutions' admissions data in order to provide adequate transparency as determined by the Secretary of Education.
The Memorandum als...