(01-11-2022 06:54 AM)MerseyOwl Wrote:  

(01-10-2022 07:27 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Another ranking came out and we’re in the Top 16!!

Oh, wait a minute…

Quote:S Sixteen major U.S. universities and Ivy League schools have been accused of violating antitrust laws by collaborating to determine student financial aid awards, according to a lawsuit filed Sunday.…

The named schools are Yale University, Georgetown University, Northwestern University, Brown University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University and Vanderbilt University.

https://www.newsweek.com/here-are-16-top...ts-1667556

The linked article is about as clear as mud, or at best muddy water.

I'll not bother researching, but I believe all the the alleged perpetrators are all private institutions. I guess the 'problem' (?) is they've accepted government money in some form or fashion.

Seems that multiple universities discussed their individual approaches to financial aid. From these discussions their financial aid approaches apparently became less divergent. Oh the horror!!!

Consequently some individuals may have received less 'free money'. Now that is discrimination.

Seems that multiple universities admitted a few well heeled applicants and some of these were legacies. Who would have known? Oh the horror!!!

Way back when money was worth something I recall the reported average 'donation' made by the parents of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine incoming freshman was ~$125k.

I can't imagine the psychological trauma of not being admitted to Pritzker and having to settle for Baylor or UT Southwestern.

This has a bit more info - it’s the original article that’s quoted in Newsweek: https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/yale-ge...1641829659