Common Application Inc., an association used by colleges and universities to streamline the admissions process, exists to increase application volume for member schools while keeping competitors from entering the field, a rival company claimed in a lawsuit.
CollegeNET Inc. accused the nonprofit consortium, which counts all eight Ivy League schools among its more than 500 members, of violating U.S. antitrust laws, in a complaint filed last week in federal court in Portland, Oregon.
