US institutions are preparing for additional transparency reporting in selective admissions as federal requirements intensify scrutiny of how colleges make decisions. Reporting highlights the Trump administration’s directive requiring selective four-year colleges to complete the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS), which calls for an unprecedented level of applicant-level data. The federal push lands amid ongoing debates over public trust, with faculty committees—such as Yale’s—urging clearer articulation of admissions goals and priorities. The core tension remains that admissions transparency is hard to fully achieve with public data alone, because outcomes do not reveal the complete judgment process behind individual decisions. The policy direction increases compliance expectations for enrollment leadership teams and may shape how institutions document and explain admissions criteria to regulators and the public.