Jordan, Fitzgerald subpoena Harvard for documents in tuition fee collusion probe

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Scott Fitzgerald subpoenaed Harvard University for documents in their probe into whether Ivy League schools are colluding when it comes to raising higher education tuition prices.

Jordan and Fitzgerald sent the subpoena Thursday to university President Dr. Alan Garber, compelling production of the requested documents by July 17.

The chairman, in addition to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Mike Lee, requested documents in April from eight Ivy League schools regarding tuition prices.

 While the documents were originally supposed to be sent to the committees by April 22, Harvard repeatedly asked for extensions and has since not committed to a date to provide all requested documents, according to Jordan and Fitzgerald's letter.

Harvard produced fewer than 400 documents, which is "among the lowest in volume of any Ivy League institution during this investigation," the letter reads.

"Now seventy-nine days following the Committee’s initial April 8 requests, and despite the Committee’s best efforts at accommodating Harvard, Harvard’s response has been inadequate," the congressmen wrote.