Lawsuit Challenges Elite Colleges' Early Admissions and Tuition Practices
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A lawsuit alleges that elite colleges conspire through early decision policies to inflate tuition prices and reduce competition, primarily benefiting wealthy students and potentially exacerbating inequality. The case targets 32 selective schools, claiming their practices hinder fair financial aid distribution and violate antitrust laws, while also raising concerns about the fairness and transparency of the college admissions process.
Topics:business#antitrust-lawsuit#college-admissions#early-decision#education#elite-universities#financial-aid
- Elite colleges conspire to use early admissions to inflate costs, lawsuit says The Washington Post
- Top US colleges sued in class action over ‘early decision’ admissions Reuters
- Brown, other universities sued over alleged tuition inflation through early decision applications The Brown Daily Herald
- Antitrust Lawsuit Challenges Early-Decision Programs The Chronicle of Higher Education
- ‘It does not seem fair.’ Lawsuit filed in Mass. against elite colleges over early decision admissions policy. The Boston Globe
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