A federal court order extended deadlines for dozens of colleges to submit race- and sex-broken admissions data required by the Department of Education. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor extended the reporting deadline to April 14 for private colleges and institutional members of higher-education associations seeking to challenge the data collection. The reporting push includes applicants and admitted student information—beyond prior requirements for enrolled-student race data. The department says the data is needed to assess compliance with the 2023 Supreme Court ruling affecting race-conscious admissions. Attorney generals tied to the legal challenge recently obtained a temporary block for public colleges in their states, and the new delay applies to additional institutions that say they do not collect some of the requested information. The decision keeps compliance uncertainty elevated for institutional research offices and admissions teams as they manage data systems while litigation continues over the scope and feasibility of the federal survey.