The big corporations the professoriat loves to attack would have to refund the money if they could not provide the goods.
I have a hard time deciding who’s side I am on.
Leftist indoctrination centers (most universities) or leftist money laundering service facilitators (many law firms). Tough choice.
Someday I might research these two particular firms. Maybe they are one of the good guys, or at least are sort of middle of the road.
“I see it from a different perspective. The universities cannot provide that for which they contracted with the students, an on campus in person learning program complete with all the support facilities like libraries and labs. They haven’t earned the tuition that are refusing to refund.”
I don’t disagree with what you say the schools are not doing. Of course they are not. That to me is not the question.
My argument is that most of what they are not doing is not because it was their choice to not do it. Their legal argument will be that government LEGALLY mandated against their normal operations, forcing the inability of the schools to carryout out their contracts with students. That same defense will likely be the defense of thousands of businesses that wound up unable to honor their contracts, due to no choice of their own, but due to following government edicts. I imagine that defense will hold up, with the schools and otherwise.
The students should be suing the government for it is by the actions of government their education was denied.
There’s an “act of God” out on most contracts, that if things far beyond your control keep you from fulfilling it you can get out of it without reimbursement. That being said most of these universities went to online classes to provide as best they could their half of the bargain. And most places aren’t doing anything in the way of refunds, most gyms aren’t.