WSJ: Justice Department Probes Colleges’ Early-Decision Admission Practices

Applying to College
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This article is from the Wall Street Journal (paywall): https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/justice-department-probes-colleges-early-decision-admission-practices-1523075708

In short, it appears the Justice Dept has sent out letters to some ED schools requesting them to preserve emails and communications with other schools concerning ED admissions. It seems the Justice Dept suspects schools of offering admissions (or not) in part due to the admissions results of others schools.

This seems like a fairly significant development. Has there been any other news of this?

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Yes. The topic is referenced in parents forum via an article in the chronicle of higher ed

New sheriff in town at the DOJ. The admins at the ivory towers should be aware that they are under the microscope.