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First Ivies Settle in ‘568 Cartel’ Price-Fixing Case

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Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown, and Yale, along with Duke, have reached settlement agreements. Since 2004, more than 200,000 students have paid higher tuition and incurred larger debt absent competition among these institutions, the suit alleges. More than 200,000 students were affected, the suit claims.

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Vanderbilt Settles in ‘568 Cartel’ Lawsuit

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In addition to Vanderbilt and UChicago, the case involves six Ivy League schools and other highly selective institutions such as Northwestern University, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Johns Hopkins University. How did these colleges stray from their need-blind commitment?