Dan Currell, former Department of Education official, joins the podcast to break down how colleges and law schools use opaque pricing, fake tuition numbers, and binding early decision contracts to maximize returns from students.

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0:00 The Early Decision Racket

5:30 How College Pricing Actually Works

14:54 The Hidden Price Problem

22:13 Antitrust, Regulation, and Who Could Fix This

33:18 Who Pays Full Price?

41:59 Southern School Surge and Demographics

50:19 Record Law School Applications and Final Advice