A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions. The ruling granting the preliminary injunction follows a lawsuit filed last month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general. President Donald Trump ordered the new policy in August after he raised concerns that colleges and universities were using personal statements and other proxies to consider race. The states argue the data collection effort threats student privacy and could lead to baseless investigations of colleges and universities. The federal judge said the federal government likely has the authority to collect the data, but the demand was rolled out to universities in a “rushed and chaotic” manner.

Moms for Liberty made a name for itself at the local level, fighting to win control of school boards as it battled “woke indoctrination” in the classroom. Now it's being embraced by the Trump administration and gaining new influence in national decisions. Co-founder and CEO Tina Descovich said she has a voice in discussions around transgender sports bans, artificial intelligence and more. Experts say her group is filling an advisory role typically given to establishment groups that have shied away from the Trump administration. Critics say Moms for Liberty has extreme views that don't represent most Americans.

President Donald Trump signs executive order aimed at curbing the 'financial arms race that threatens' college sports.

Duke freshman Cameron Boozer is named The Associated Press Player of the Year in men's college basketball.

Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for those connected to the files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. At Ohio State University, a steady drumbeat of protests has sought to remove retail magnate Les Wexner’s family name from several buildings. A similar movement is afoot at Harvard, where the most prominent building at its prestigious Kennedy School bears the retired L Brands founder's name. Meanwhile, the student body at Haverford College in Pennsylvania approved a resolution Sunday asking the college president to launch a review aimed at removing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's name for the campus library.

The president of the multicampus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he has been told to resign or he will be fired. UW President Jay Rothman says in the letter to the head of the Board of Regents that he won’t step aside from the 165,000-student system. Rothman's letter is dated March 26, and The AP obtained the letter on Thursday. Rothman says he has been given no reason why regents want him to leave and that he has been told his options are to resign or retire or be fired. Amy Bogost, board president, said she would not comment on "personnel matters.”

The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired. The surprise effort to remove Jay Rothman from the post he has held since 2022 was detailed in letters Rothman sent to regents over the past week that were obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. No concerns had been aired publicly by regents about Rothman’s performance. According to Rothman, no regent has explained to him why they want him out. But Rothman wrote that regents told him they could meet this weekend to fire him.