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Rutgers to pay $5M in COVID-19 tuition refund lawsuit
Clip: 1/31/2022 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Students sued for refunds after the university went remote during first COVID-19 wave
Some students sued Rutgers University for closures during the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, alleging they were entitled to refunds of on-campus tuition, fees and other charges after the school went to remote instruction. Rutgers has agreed to pay $5 million, which will be evenly divided among roughly 64,500 students, minus about $950,000 in legal fees.
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Rutgers to pay $5M in COVID-19 tuition refund lawsuit
Clip: 1/31/2022 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Some students sued Rutgers University for closures during the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, alleging they were entitled to refunds of on-campus tuition, fees and other charges after the school went to remote instruction. Rutgers has agreed to pay $5 million, which will be evenly divided among roughly 64,500 students, minus about $950,000 in legal fees.
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