A federal court order extended deadlines for dozens of colleges and higher education associations to submit race and sex admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor pushed the deadline to April 14 for affected private colleges and members of independent-college associations seeking to challenge the new data collection. The survey, launched after a Trump-ordered push to expand NCES reporting, asks colleges for detailed applicant, admit, and enrollment information broken down by race and sex, and includes variables like standardized test scores, GPA, and family income. The Education Department argues it is needed for compliance with the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision limiting race-conscious admissions. The colleges and associations challenged the requirement partly on the grounds that many institutions do not collect all requested data. The extended deadline aims to give them additional time to compile or validate information while litigation proceeds. This is a compliance-critical development for institutions as it affects reporting operations, institutional data governance, and legal risk around how admissions data is collected, stored, and submitted to federal agencies.