Students at colleges around the country are demanding campus housing refunds after being told to leave their residence halls as a precautionary measure against the Wuhan coronavirus.
Breitbart News reported this week that colleges and universities around the country are shutting down their campuses in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Many institutions, including Purdue University, Bucknell University, and Harvard University, have told students to leave campus and return to their homes.
Now, students are calling for refunds on their campus housing costs. “If LSU come out saying “move out”, they better be moving my refund for housing in my bank account,” one Louisiana Student wrote.
If LSU come out saying “move out”, they better be moving my refund for housing in my bank account.
— shann👑 (@shantellreane) March 11, 2020
“Hot take: every school who is cancelling housing/room/board should do the math and refund their students what they’re owed. people are getting kicked out of their only housing. this rule especially for first-gen low income students,” another user added.
hot take:
every school who is cancelling housing/room/board should do the math and refund their students what they’re owed.
people are getting kicked out of their only housing.
this rule especially for first-gen low income students.
— arielle geismar 🌻 (@ariellegeismar) March 11, 2020
Students from universities located around the country chimed in to demand refunds. Some argued that their institution should offer pro-rated refunds for the portion of the semester that students will not be permitted to spend on campus.
ucsb should give student employees extra money in their refund checks to pay for housing cause wtf
— model x (@babykeysss) March 10, 2020
Pitt announced yesterday they are indeed issuing a pro-rated refund for students in on campus housing and on meal plans. Nice move. https://t.co/BlY0d4Gxzu
— JD (@Sta7ic) March 12, 2020
all colleges turning to home based online classes should refund at the very least students' room and board for the remainder of the semester but u know they won't
— hot dykes for bernie (@notkinz) March 10, 2020
All college students need to contact their respective schools and ask for a partial tuition and/or housing refund in the event of a loss of access due to the Coronavirus shutdown.
— Chris Repa (@RepaRants) March 12, 2020
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX), agreed. Gooden argued “Universities need to do the right thing and refund Room & Board to students who are removed from student housing due to closures.”
Over 100K college students have been sent home for the semester due to the Coronavirus.
Universities need to do the right thing and refund Room & Board to students who are removed from student housing due to closures.
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) March 11, 2020
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