The U.S. Department of Education proposed new IPEDS rules requiring selective four‑year colleges to submit six years of application and admissions data disaggregated by race and sex, plus cross-references to test scores, GPAs, family income and Pell eligibility. The notice, circulated by ED data officer Ross Santy, targets selective institutions and aims to detect potential race‑based preferencing in admissions following the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling restricting race-conscious policies. The plan would exempt community colleges and open-enrollment institutions and would apply retroactively to 2020–21 through 2024–25 for the first reporting cycle. If finalized, the change would reshape institutional reporting burdens, inform federal civil‑rights compliance reviews, and influence admissions transparency and legal scrutiny for selective colleges.