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16 top colleges sued for alleged violation of federal antitrust laws by colluding on their financial-aid practices
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By Raja Razek, CNN Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according…
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Here are the 16 top universities accused of colluding to limit financial aid for students
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16 top colleges sued for alleged violation of federal antitrust laws by colluding on their financial-aid practices
Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University, are being sued for alleged antitrust violations because of the way they work together to determine financial-aid awards for students.
Five ex-students allege in a suit that the universities practiced price-fixing and unfairly limited aid by using a shared strategy to determine financial needs.
16 major universities in the U.S. were sued in the Illinois federal court system Sunday over an alleged violation of antitrust law related to financial aid
“While conspiring together on a method for awarding financial aid, which raises net tuition prices, defendants also consider the wealth of applicants and their families in making admissions decisions.”
By Raja Razek, CNN Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according…
