A federal judge granted additional colleges more time to submit newly required admissions and enrollment data disaggregated by race and sex, extending deadlines for institutional members of two higher-education associations in Massachusetts. The ruling continues a months-long legal dispute over how colleges must comply with the Education Department’s data-collection demands. The judge’s latest order gives the Association of American Universities and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts until April 14. The extensions follow earlier delays for public colleges in states covered by a separate legal challenge, with additional hearings scheduled. The operational impact for admissions offices is immediate: compliance timelines remain unstable as institutions prepare reporting processes while the litigation proceeds.