Nov 19, 2019, 2:02 PM
(From Brown Daily Herald) The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) recently rescinded rules that prohibited institutions from offering incentives to early-decision applicants and that restricted institutions from recruiting students already committed or enrolled at other higher education institutions. The policy change comes in response to mounting pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice, which had accused NACAC of violating antitrust laws by stifling competition among colleges. NACAC Assembly delegates voted in late September to stop enforcing the code for up to one year or until the DOJ’s legal review is resolved. Some admissions experts warn that changes removed well-intentioned guidelines that were created explicitly to protect applicants from overly-aggressive recruiting. Removing these provisions gives colleges that were already engaging in unethical recruitment practices more immunity to do so, said independent college counselor Sara Harberson.
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