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Thread: By now, if you work in higher ed, you've almost certainly seen this NY Times article by @paultough Even though I'm in it, I think it's really good. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
It's an excerpt/companion piece to his new book, The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us amazon.com/Years-That-Mat…
From what I've seen in the book, and from reading the excerpt, it is as good a treatment of what people in Enrollment Management deal with on a daily basis as I've seen. Paul was very thorough, and a quick learner, and very patient as I tried to explain all this stuff.
Thread: OK, a few thoughts about the NACAC issue. Of course, I AM NOT A LAWYER so if you want a lawyer's take on it ask a lawyer.
First, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. The Overlap Group (which, from my non-legal-perspective was clearly price fixing) got some attention
First, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. The Overlap Group (which, from my non-legal-perspective was clearly price fixing) got some attention
At the time the DOJ thought that fixing EFC meant the members were saying, "If you want to go to one of these colleges, this is what you're going to pay. We're not going to cut each other's throats." MIT held out, and the case was dismissed, but practice changed. #568Group
Now, to our code: We called it the SPGP, which is now the CEPP. They are presumably ethical guidelines designed to guide practice. In the past 15 years, competition has heated up among colleges and universities....
