A new motion filed Monday in a lawsuit spanning back two years accuses elite colleges of secretly favoring the wealthy in the admissions process and demanding $685 million in damages. 



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College students seek $685 million in damages in US financial aid lawsuit


Current and former U.S. college students have asked a judge to grant class-action status and said they deserve at least $685 million in damages in a lawsuit claiming 17 elite universities favored wealthy applicants for admission in order to court donor dollars.


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New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities. Although it’s always been assumed that

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Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges

AP Education Writers New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities. Although it’s always been assumed that such favoritism exists, the filings submitted this week offer a rare peek at the often secret deliberations of university heads and admissions officials. They show how schools admit otherwise unqualified wealthy children beca…

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Details released in an antitrust case against 17 top universities allege family wealth influenced some admissions decisions.

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Students overpaid elite colleges $685 million, ‘price-fixing’ suit says

A new motion filed Monday in a lawsuit spanning back two years accuses elite colleges of secretly favoring the wealthy in the admissions process and demanding $685 million in damages.  The new filing says the schools — including the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University and others —…

Elite universities including MIT, Georgetown accused in court filing of favoring wealthy in admissions

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A new motion filed Monday alleges that several top-tier universities operated as a "price-fixing cartel" that systematically favored wealthy applicants.

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Lawsuit Claims Top Universities, Including Cornell And MIT, Formed ‘Price-Fixing Cartel’ To Favor Wealthy Students

A lawsuit is accusing a number of the country's leading universities of overcharging students to the tune of $685 million in a “price-fixing” scheme. The Washington Post reported a list of top schools the lawsuit claims colluded to limit the amount of financial aid paid to lower-income students.The Post specifically cited accusations against Georgetown University. The lawsuit claims the school president compiles a list of about 80 applicants he …

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Elite schools accused of financial aid scheme that saw students overpay by $685M

Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit…

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Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools.Georgetown’s then-president, for example, listed a prospective student on his “president’s list” after meeting her and her wealthy father at an Idaho conference known as “summer camp for billionaires,” according to Tuesday court filings in the price-fi…

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College students seeking reward in the settlement of a class action lawsuit against several elite universities accused of violating anti-trust laws by colluding in a tuition “price-fixing cartel” have until Wednesday morning, just before 2 a.m., to submit their claims to receive payment. Northwestern University and the University of Chicago are among the ten universities that settled a 2022 class-action anti-trust lawsuit filed in federal court …

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Final day to file claims in class-action lawsuit alleging tuition overcharging by top universities

Elite universities including MIT, Georgetown accused in court filing of favoring wealthy in admissions

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