Court has affirmed the Ivy League’s long-standing policy of prohibiting athletic scholarships, antitrust case

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"In a decision issued Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs failed to meet a fundamental requirement in antitrust litigation by not adequately defining a relevant market, according to Bloomberg. The unsigned opinion emphasized that without a clearly established market, the court could not assess whether the Ivy League institutions wielded the kind of market power necessary to violate competition laws.

“The alleged Ivy-only markets do not ‘encompass all interchangeable substitute products,’” the court stated. “Moreover, the alleged Ivy-plus markets for sale of educational services to and purchase of athletic services from AAHA students are insufficiently defined, as the complaint does not ‘include a plausible explanation as to why [these markets] should be limited to exclude possible substitutes.’”

Ivy League Wins Antitrust Case Over Athletic Scholarship Policy | PYMNTS.com

A federal appeals court has affirmed the Ivy League’s long-standing policy of prohibiting athletic scholarships, rejecting claims from student-athletes

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"Harvard’s Push to Cap ‘A’ Grades Has Students Howling in Protest

Faculty vote next week on whether to limit A’s; undergrads decry the move as ‘crude’ and ‘absurd’"​

"For years, Harvard has been handing out A’s in abundance. Now, a proposed cap would pump the brakes—and students are up in arms.

Harvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a proposal to cap the number of A’s per course, which now comprise more than half of undergraduate grades after years of inflation. The plan also suggests getting rid of GPA as an internal metric, instead using percentile rank to calculate honors like cum laude recognition.

A frenzied debate has gripped campus, with students protesting that the changes would increase stress, fuel competition and discourage academic exploration. An editorial in the student newspaper proclaimed the cap a “crude” quota. Student-made memes depict the administrator behind the proposal as Gandalf from “Lord of the Rings” saying “You shall not pass!” or as Dolores Umbridge, the tyrannical Hogwarts headmistress from “Harry Potter.”

A survey conducted by Harvard’s undergrad student government found that about 94% of students oppose the policy to cap A’s, based on over 800 responses.

“The fact that this policy even MIGHT go into effect with 94% student disapproval is absurd and goes to show how much this administration cares about us,” said one commenter on a Harvard discussion forum."

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-grade-cap-a-proposal-gpa-7c921630?mod=hp_featst_pos4

[When I was in college, a Harvard admission's officer friend of mine told me that Harvard had what was known as the "The Happy Bottom Quarter". This was where many of the athletes were. They didn't care if they were in the bottom quarter academically, because they were at Harvard and playing their sport. Being in the bottom quarter didn't stress them out, as it did most of the other very high-end achievers. I guess Harvard just gives all A's now. Ha.]

 

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A survey conducted by Harvard’s undergrad student government found that about 94% of students oppose the policy to cap A’s, based on over 800 responses.

Their high tuition payments are only a good investment for A's.