Calls By College Students For Tuition Refunds Are Growing Louder

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Calls By College Students For Tuition Refunds Are Growing Louder


Students want their money back since their classes have moved online. Or they want partial refunds, and their calls have been getting louder. "Petition movements at more than 200 campuses are calling for partial refunds of tuition, typically asking for 50 percent back," reports EdSurge. "And some student protesters are now even filing class-action lawsuits to try to force colleges to return part of the tuition money."

Whether colleges should give back money depends on how you think about what colleges are selling. Is it a straight service like any other, so if students get less they should pay less? Is the most important thing simply getting into college, in which case the degree is the main thing, and students are still getting that? Or are colleges responsible for social mobility and helping students during this time by reducing tuition?

And is online education even worse than, say, sitting in the back of a large lecture hall with 300 students?

 

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Calls By College Students For Tuition Refunds Are Growing Louder


Students want their money back since their classes have moved online. Or they want partial refunds, and their calls have been getting louder. "Petition movements at more than 200 campuses are calling for partial refunds of tuition, typically asking for 50 percent back," reports EdSurge. "And some student protesters are now even filing class-action lawsuits to try to force colleges to return part of the tuition money."

Whether colleges should give back money depends on how you think about what colleges are selling. Is it a straight service like any other, so if students get less they should pay less? Is the most important thing simply getting into college, in which case the degree is the main thing, and students are still getting that? Or are colleges responsible for social mobility and helping students during this time by reducing tuition?

And is online education even worse than, say, sitting in the back of a large lecture hall with 300 students?

Maybe I am bit indifferent, because I'm a bit more self motivated, but aside from discussions in lecture, I was bored as shyt in school. I commuted to campus as well, so it felt like a waste at times because 90% of the students never read the assigned material beforehand. Yet the only thing the professors used to do was go over.....the same powerpoint that summarizes what we were supposed to read.

So yeah the educational model is a bit outdated in my book.


I prefer a more competency based way of learning, but yeah it is overpriced in a way. Part of the cost of college factored in, is the inelastic experience.

 

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I don’t know about tuition but definitely housing student life and other activity fees.