Colleges would "sustain immediate and irreparable injury" if the policy were allowed to continue during litigation, the judge ruled Wednesday.
Education leaders gathered in San Diego to discuss everything from cuts at the U.S. Department of Education to higher education innovation.
Colleges can improve nontraditional students' access to these credits, leaders said at the American Association of Community Colleges’ conference.
Two separate complaints say the U.S. Department of Education’s downsizing of IES was unlawful and will erode data collection and analysis.