Do College Students Who Evacuate Get Housing Refunds?
CAMBRIDGE, MA - FEBRUARY 22: The Maclaurin Building is shown on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 22, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute admitted its first students in 1865 and continues with the mission to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Harvard, MIT, Amherst College, Tufts, Suffolk, Berklee, the list goes on. Colleges are closing and telling students not to return. Classes will be taught on-line to stem the spread of the Coronavirus.
But many already paid for housing and food. If they’re being told to leave, do they get a refund? Well…it depends on where you go. Boston.com did some digging to ask. Some say yes, some say no comment. See what they found out below. In case you’re wondering, Harvard said “no comment.”