Remember the tale of Brown University's investigation of an undergraduate who decided to play DOGE and sent emails to administrators asking what they actually do?* Instead of shrugging it off, the university turned it into a big brouhaha and then ended the investigation when too much bad PR erupted. Apparently, that wasn't the end of the story:
From the Brown Daily Herald: In a... letter to President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20, the House Judiciary Committee requested all documentation and communications related to the University’s investigation into Alex Shieh ’27 after he launched Bloat@Brown, a database aiming to evaluate the necessity of administrators’ jobs. The request is part of an ongoing congressional probe accusing Ivy League institutions of collectively hiking tuition prices and limiting financial aid packages in violation of U.S. antitrust laws...
“The Committee seeks to understand Brown’s rationale for attempting to silence a student raising questions about how student and taxpayer dollars are being used...” [It] requested that Brown send over any relevant documentation by July 10, including communications “between or among employees of Brown.” ...
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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/05/brown-took-bait-it-couldnt-happen-here_0481454026.html; https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2025/05/brown-took-bait-it-couldnt-happen-here.html.
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