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Updates to Decades-Old New Federal Standards for Race, Ethnicity Data Will Change How Students are Counted

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

Full compliance across all data collections and publications is required by March 2029. Figure 1 : Example of New Race and Ethnicity Questions with Detailed Categories Federal agencies have 18 months after the publication of these standards to develop and publish action plans outlining their implementation strategy.

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