US judge blocks Trump from forcing colleges to disclose data on race

BOSTON, March 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring universities to collect and turn over data by next week to prove they are no longer considering race as an admissions factor.

U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston issued a temporary restraining order at the request of 17 Democratic state attorneys, who sued over a newly-added component of mandatory, annual surveys administered by the U.S. Department of Education that are used to gather information from universities.