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Eight of the 17 private universities included in the suit have moved to settle. Vanderbilt denies any wrongdoing and has not publicly disclosed the amount of their settlement.
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Yale joined Brown, Columbia, Duke and Emory in agreeing to settle the lawsuit, which alleged that 17 elite universities colluded to price-fix and reduce financial aid awards.
Rice, Emory and Vanderbilt quietly settled last fall in a financial aid lawsuit against 17 institutions. Now pressure is mounting for the remaining defendants in the case. Emory, Rice and Vanderbilt Universities all appear to have settled in a financial aid antitrust lawsuit that accused 17 institutions of illegally colluding to limit student financial aid packages. The class action case filed in January 2022 alleges that the highly selective universities effectively operated a “cartel” by colluding in the way they calculated financial aid awards. As a result, thousands of students overpa...
The new political party has appealed to government to ensure school safety.