Why college students do not get refunds after coronavirus faculty closings



College students at Georgetown School in Kentucky obtained a one-two punch of unhealthy information this week. Amid the coronavirus, lessons could be moved on-line till a minimum of April and most college students would want to vacate their dorms. 

Oh, they usually should not count on a refund. 

"[T]he faculty isn't in a monetary place to supply any rebates on housing or meal plans for this three-week interval (or the rest of the semester, if we're in a scenario that requires us to stay on-line past the following three weeks)," wrote faculty president Will Jones to college students on March 11, based on the e-mail obtained by CNBC.  The faculty didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.

Greater than 200 schools and universities throughout the U.S. have briefly closed in an effort to sluggish the unfold of COVID-19, which has to this point contaminated greater than 130,000 folks and killed greater than 5,000 worldwide since January. Boston College, Harvard College, Amherst SchoolTufts and Haverford are among the many...



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