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House Republicans subpoena Harvard president over alleged tuition practices
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 2 – The House Judiciary Committee is investigating if Ivy League schools coordinated tuition hikes and used selective financial aid to maximize revenue, with Harvard subpoenaed to provide detailed documents by July 17.
- The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard in July 2025 demanding documents on alleged Ivy League price-fixing.
- The subpoenas follow an April 8 request amid concerns that the schools used applicant financial data to maximize tuition through discriminatory aid packages.
- The investigation involves eight Ivy League universities and arose after lawmakers heard testimony, including from Brown student Alex Shieh on administrative bloat raising costs.
- The schools have provided thousands of pages of documents, but committee chairs called Brown and Penn's responses inadequate and emphasized the importance of legislative reforms.
- The probe could lead to new legislation addressing whether current antitrust penalties effectively deter anticompetitive financial practices in higher education.
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House Republicans Subpoena Brown and Penn
“The House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas Tuesday to Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, demanding additional documents from the schools as part of an ongoing probe into alleged antitrust violations in Ivy League tuition and financial aid policies,” CNBC reports. “The two subpoenas mirrored one that was issued by the committee last week to Harvard University.”
House subpoenas Brown, UPenn over alleged tuition price fixing
Subpoena follows student journalist’s investigation into bloat at Brown The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, seeking documents related to rising tuition costs following a student journalist’s investigation. Brown and Penn have engaged in perfect price discrimination by tailoring financial aid offers to maximize revenue from… Source
Penn, Brown Universities Called by House on Price-Fixing
The University of Pennsylvania and Brown University were issued subpoenas by the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into alleged tuition coordination among Ivy League universities, Politico reported on Tuesday. The subpoenas request documents connected to the pricing practices for tuition at the universities, as well as communications among peer institutions. The schools are accused of colluding with the nation's six other Iv…
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