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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know of someone who broke it. That school put the word out and other schools revoked their offers. Kid did their first year at the local community college. [/quote]

Didn't happen.  No way the colleges are organized enough or willing to spend the time to contact the other schools.  [/quote]
Oh, but it did happen and DOJ opened an investigation a few years ago. Probably nothing happening with DOJ at this point, but the colleges were warned.

https://www.gazettenet.com/amherst-college-is-part-of-federal-probe-16803518
[quote]dean of admission and financial aid at Amherst College — in a 2016 U.S. & World News Report article titled

“[Fretwell] says her school and about 30 other colleges share lists of students admitted through early decision,” that article reads. “And Fretwell says she’d likely also share the names of students who were admitted via early decision, but who are not attending for financial aid and other reasons.”[/quote][/quote]

Allocating customers and not competing for customers are textbook anti trust violations. Those cases would be far easier than trying to argue about installed software with search engine preferences. Any one want to bet on whether or not they still share information? [/quote]

See my post below (9:26). They are still sharing information. The DOJ closed the investigation.[/quote]

Do you have anything current? Your article cites sources that predate the investigation by more than a decade [/quote]

[b]Yes, but the article is from 2022. [/b]I checked my academic databases and cross-checked DOJ. That is the latest information and the DOJ did drop the investigation. They decided to go after NACAC for violating antitrust rules and settled.

I'm in higher ed, and I know at least 2 R1 universities that are sharing this information.[/quote]

The they should have been able to find recent sources if the practice still exists 
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The DOJ opened the investigation in 2018 and settled with NACAC in 2019. The legal review is arguing that that ED is still a problem and not legally binding. To date, the legality hasn't been determined and there are no new cases challenging the practice. The DOJ didn't ask the 30 schools to stop the practice--only to provide information.

There is no evidence that they stopped this practice. Why should they if the DOJ dropped the investigation? Anyway, I have no way of proving that it is still happening, so believe what you want. 
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