House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Harvard University on Thursday after the university failed to provide adequate documentation for the committee’s inquiries into suspected antitrust violations.
The subpoena was sent to Harvard President Alan Garber after the university failed to abide by a previous deadline of April 22. The goal of the committee’s investigation is to determine if Harvard is violating antitrust laws relating to tuition costs and financial aid packages.
“We are particularly concerned that Ivy League member institutions appear to collectively raise tuition prices while engaging in price discrimination by offering selective financial aid packages to maximize profit,” the committee wrote in their initial request to Harvard on April 8. “By apparently engaging in anticompetitive pricing practices, Harvard University may be acting
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