A federal court extended deadlines for some colleges and higher-education associations to submit extensive race- and sex-disaggregated admissions and enrollment data under a new U.S. Department of Education survey. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor granted additional time until April 14 for private institutions and association members seeking to challenge the data collection. The dispute centers on the Education Department’s August decision to expand reporting beyond enrolled-student race data to additional fields that include standardized test scores, GPA, and family income broken down by race and sex. The department says the data supports enforcement tied to the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting race-conscious admissions. Seventeen Democratic attorneys general previously won an order temporarily blocking data collection for public colleges in their states; the latest ruling extends timing for certain private colleges and associations involved in the legal challenge. The Education Department did not immediately respond to a comment request.