McMahon orders federal audit of universities’ admissions knowledge to root out racial bias
(AP Photograph/David Zalubowski) Declaring that “meritocracy and excellence” should once more outline American larger schooling, US Secretary of Schooling Linda McMahon on Thursday ordered the federal government’s chief schooling statistics arm to gather unprecedented ranges of admissions knowledge from universities, aiming to show and eradicate race-based preferences.The directive to the Nationwide Heart for Schooling Statistics…