The Education Department amended an August executive action to limit a new IPEDS admissions and consumer‑transparency supplement to four‑year institutions, exempting open‑admission colleges and those that admit 100% of applicants. The revised notice follows public comment from community colleges and sector groups that warned the original mandate would create onerous reporting burdens, especially for institutions with small admissions staffs. Colleges still subject to the requirement will have to submit six years of disaggregated applicant and admit data by race and sex. The change reduces immediate compliance pressure on community colleges but keeps scrutiny on selective institutions amid ongoing debates about transparency and affirmative‑action enforcement.