12月17日大學申請退費截止日

集體訴訟和解公告

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大學申請退費|集體訴訟和解公告的意義體現在多個層面：

學生權益保護的重要里程碑

這項涉及美國著名高校的訴訟（Henry, et al. v. Brown University, et al.）指控多所大學違反反壟斷法，透過聯合制定財務援助政策的方式，減少學生可以獲得的基於需求的經濟援助金額。

最終希望和解金額高達2.84億美元，將為數以萬計的學生爭取實際賠償。

法律不僅可以有效保護學生不受不公平的經濟援助政策的影響，案件更為未來高校制定透明、公正的援助政策設立標杆。

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對高等教育機構的警示

此案涉及布朗大學、哥倫比亞大學、芝加哥大學、耶魯大學等多所世界頂尖大學，這些高校的聲譽和行為受到審視。

高校應避免因合作制定援助政策而觸碰反壟斷法律底線，案件提醒高校在經濟援助政策制定上需保持公開透明，以確保學生權益和競爭公平。

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對集體訴訟機制的廣泛啟示

透過集體訴訟，眾多普通學生得以聯合起來，挑戰實力強大的大學，體現司法系統對弱勢群體的保護。

案件證明集體訴訟是維護群體權益的有效法律手段，為更多學生和家庭提供關於自身權益保護的法律啟發。

總而言之，這起集體訴訟不僅僅要求的是一次經濟賠償，更是對高校經濟援助政策、公平競爭規則以及教育公平性的深刻反思。

Notice of Class Action Settlement

Authorized by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Settlements of $284 million will provide payments to students who received need-based financial aid that covered some but not all costs (tuition, fees, room & board) to attend Brown University, California Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, Vanderbilt University, or Yale University (the “Universities” or “Defendants”).

The Court has granted final approval of settlements (“Settlements”) with the following ten universities: Brown University, the University of Chicago, the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Trustees of Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Northwestern University, William Marsh Rice University, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University (collectively the “Settling Universities”).

The Court has also approved a class of students who attended one or more of the Settling Universities during certain time periods. This is referred to as the “Settlement Class,” which is defined in more detail below.

As part of the Settlements, the Settling Universities have agreed to make settlement payments totaling $284 million and to complete certain discovery in this antitrust class action lawsuit, called Henry, et al. v. Brown University, et al., 1:22-cv-00125 (the “Action”).

This Action was brought by certain students (“Plaintiffs”) who attended certain of the Universities while receiving partial need-based financial aid. The Action alleges that the Defendants violated federal antitrust laws by agreeing regarding principles, formulas, and methods of determining financial aid. The Action also alleges that as a result, the Defendants provided less need-based financial aid than they would have provided had there been full and fair competition. The Defendants assert that Plaintiffs’ claims lack merit, that no such agreement existed, that the Defendants’ financial aid policies were legal and pro-competitive, and that financial aid awards were not artificially reduced.