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Justice Dept. Investigating Early-Decision Admissions At Elite Colleges

Colleges including Amherst, Williams and Middlebury are said to have received letters asking them to retain communications with other schools about admitted students, as part of an antitrust probe.
Williams College, seen here, is one of the institutions that reportedly received a letter from the Justice Department about communications with other colleges regarding students admitted via early decision.

The Justice Department is reportedly investigating possible antitrust violations by a number of elite colleges related to the sharing of information between them to enforce the terms of their early-admissions programs.

Several colleges and institutions are said to have received letters from the Justice Department last week. The agency is asking them to retain

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