From Inside Higher Ed: A judge has dismissed the Common Application Inc. and two other nonuniversity defendants from a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy among 32 selective private colleges and universities to use early-decision admissions to increase tuition. But Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts denied the institutions’ request to also dismiss the suit against them, allowing the case to continue.
At selective institutions, an applicant who takes the early-decision route generally has a better chance of acceptance, but they must promise to attend if offered admission. The students who filed this suit last August allege that—even though early-decision policies aren’t legally binding—the 32 institutions have agreed not to recruit or admit students who are accepted early decision to other colleges and universities, allowing institutions to charge the accepted students more...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/08/13/early-decision-lawsuit-proceeds-some-defendants-dismissed.
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