inflated the net price for students receiving financial aid. accuses them of favoring wealthier students during admission, violating prior legislation from antitrust laws. and two separate affirmative action complaints against the university of north carolina and harvard. the supreme court is considering whether to review those cases and it could be put on the court s arguments docket as soon as friday. harvard and u.n.c. are accused of using admission practices that benefit black and hispanic students, but not high achieving asian american applicants. trace: thanks. sandra: china stepping up the 0 tolerance covid policy ahead of the winter olympics. alex, what are the new measures? sandra, major lockdowns in three big cities. people cannot leave their homes, stores are closed. this latest lockdown came in the
it names brown, columbia, georgetown and yale part of what is called the 569 president s group. consensus approach to determine how much a student could afford to pay for school. according to the complaint the defendants by their own admission participated in a price fixing cartel designed to reduce or eliminate financial aid and that in fact is artificially inflated the net price of attendance for students receiving financial aid. through this the lawsuit accuses the university has favored wealthier student and it violates antitrust laws. damages are being sought as the supreme court prepares to consider two affirmative action complaints against the university of north carolina and harvard both accuse the schools of using race as a dominant factor for admission. in the harvard appeal asian american students accuse the school of holding them to a higher academic standard. both cases have been set for final review by the court on friday. bill: interesting to watch.