A Trump probe froze data used by colleges to boost student voting initiatives, according to coverage of the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition’s work following the 2022 midterms. The coalition had pointed to progress in civic engagement at community colleges compared with public four-year institutions, suggesting turnout gaps were narrowing. The new freeze threatens to limit the ability to track effectiveness and to target support where it is needed. For enrollment and student-success leaders, the development highlights how compliance and federal oversight can directly affect student engagement measurement—making it harder to evaluate whether voter-engagement programs are producing gains.
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