November 30, 2001

Congress Says Colleges May Talk About Aid

By STEPHEN BURD

The House of Representatives has unanimously given its final approval to legislation that would allow an elite group of private colleges to discuss their financial-aid policies with one another for seven more years.

By a vote of 400 to 0, the House this month adopted a bill passed by the Senate in October that would continue an exemption to a law barring discussions about financial aid among officials at private colleges that are "need blind" (those that do not consider a family's

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