Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection
Higher Ed Dive
Laura Spitalniak
November 12, 2025
The plan would exclude two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that award financial aid solely based on need.
Dive Brief:
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Only four-year institutions would be subject to significantly stepped-up reporting requirements for admissions data disaggregated by race and sex, under a notice issued by the Trump administration on Wednesday.
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The plan, first introduced in August, would require affected colleges to submit six years worth of application and admissions data — disaggregated by student race and sex — as part of the next reporting cycle.
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The updated terms would exempt two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that only award aid based on financial need from having to report this data to the National Center for Education Statistics, which oversees the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
