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University Revokes 50-Plus Full-Ride Scholarships; Recipients Did Nothing Wrong

Inside Higher Ed: This is the time of year when some colleges find that more admitted applicants than they expected have accepted admissions offers. Generally this is viewed as a good problem to have -- even if it means that some double rooms must be converted to triples. The norm is to find a way to deal with the accepted applicants. When the University of California, Irvine, last year found itself with about 800 unexpected freshmen and tried to revoke some admissions offers, an uproar prompted a reversal of that approach.

But in the last week, the way a university has dealt with its own mistake -- offering more scholarships than it budgeted for, and then withdrawing them -- has left admissions experts stunned and angry.

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