Universities across the country have been cut off from accessing important data about student voter participation due to an ongoing investigation by the Trump administration.
Higher education institutions had been depending on research tracking campus voter registration and participation numbers to develop effective strategies for encouraging more students to vote. This information helped colleges understand voting patterns among their student populations.
The administrative probe has now prevented schools from obtaining updated information, leaving them without the resources they previously used to enhance student civic engagement efforts.
The data freeze affects colleges’ ability to analyze how well their voter outreach programs are working and to identify areas where they need to improve their efforts to get students registered and participating in elections.
