Justice Dept. Documents Raise New Questions about Workings of College "Overlap Group.".

Jaschik, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ446013

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Justice Dept. Documents Raise New Questions about Workings of College "Overlap Group."

Jaschik, Scott

Chronicle of Higher Education, v38 n36 pA1,27 May 13 1992

Justice Department documents prepared for an antitrust lawsuit suggest that the way the eight Ivy League colleges and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have recruited students and awarded financial aid amounts to price fixing. The Overlap Group, 23 elite private colleges, met regularly to compare financial aid packages offered to common applicants. (MSE)

Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Applicants, Court Litigation, Documentation, Ethics, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Legal Problems, Selective Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Student Recruitment

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