A federal judge extended deadlines for dozens of colleges and higher education associations to submit applicant and admissions data broken down by race and sex to the U.S. Department of Education. Under the ruling, institutional members of six higher education associations and six private nonprofit colleges now have until April 24. The judge—F. Dennis Saylor—also allowed those groups to join a legal challenge to the data collection survey, after earlier steps temporarily blocked enforcement against public colleges in certain states where attorneys general alleged the agency failed to follow required procedures.