Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale, Georgetown, Northwestern, Duke and MIT, are being sued for allegedly engaging in price fixing and unfairly limiting students' financial aid
Amherst College in October said it would stop giving an edge to, placing it among the first elite schools to ditch legacy preferences. And in part because the pandemic made it difficult for students to take the ACT and SAT, thousands of colleges shifted to a test-optional policy for recent and current applicants. Hundreds of those schools have since extended the offer for at least a few more years.
Representatives from Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn, Rice and the University of Chicago declined to comment on pending litigation, and MIT said it would respond in court in due time. The other schools didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the suit.
The eight Ivy League schools signed a consent decree and MIT agreed to a separate settlement ending that practice.To what extent should schools be allowed to work together on pricing? Join the conversation below.Select coverage from the WSJ's education bureau on the state of schools and learning, curated by bureau chief Chastity Pratt and sent to you via email.
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