It's the right direction of course but the concurrent release with Harvard sort of opens them up to antitrust probe tbh. Clearly the admission offices are all synchronizing policy in backchannels (or frontchannels).
What's the antitrust angle? SAT and ACT are administered by different companies, right? Do Caltech or Harvard have some sort of stake in either of them?
Top schools compete with each for students. Collaborating to keep prices high or keep admissions criteria consistent in a way that reduces competition between the schools would open them up to anti-trust complaints.
But that would be hard to prove. If two gas stations collude to set prices, that violates anti-trust law. But if they just follow suit as they see the other raise or lower prices, that's generally legal, as long as there isn't a secret or understood agreement. I expect the latter is more what's going on here.
NewJazz|1 year ago
zugi|1 year ago
But that would be hard to prove. If two gas stations collude to set prices, that violates anti-trust law. But if they just follow suit as they see the other raise or lower prices, that's generally legal, as long as there isn't a secret or understood agreement. I expect the latter is more what's going on here.
mimikatz|1 year ago