Month: March 2026
ACTS and IPEDS: Navigating the Federal Push for Admissions Transparency and the Looming Deadline for Data Submission
The federal government, in response to a presidential memoranda, “Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions,” and a corresponding directive from Education Secretary Linda McMahon, dated August 7, 2025, has added a new IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) reporting requirement, the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS). This data must also be reported to the new ACTS Aggregator Tool, which will provide a college admission comparison interface for families.