With classroom time reduced, US college students demand tuition cuts

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Students have become more vocal in their objections, saying they are not getting the education they purchased. FMTNews US College

Students at Georgia College and State University wear face masks while walking through the campus in Milledgeville.

A television and cultural studies major, Moore now leads a group of students holding campus demonstrations, circulating a petition and meeting with school officials in the hopes of a tuition cut and more transparency in the college’s finances. With two-thirds of American colleges moving at least some of their fall classes online, students have become more vocal in their objections, saying they are not getting the education they purchased.

To be sure, some institutions have lowered tuition and fees, including Georgetown, Princeton and Northwestern University where fall tuition was slashed by 10%. “Withholding tuition en masse is quite a large move, but we believe it is warranted given the level of crisis,” said one of the organisers of the protest, Alex Harrison, a 19-year-old sophomore who is studying journalism and political science.

Her petition, garnering 5,400 signatures, calls for a tuition and fees cut to match a “significantly” decreased amount of instruction, hands-on learning and opportunities to engage in extracurricular activities.

 

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