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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure why colleges should be immune to the factors that have decimated the hospitality and retail businesses already.Paying almost 50K for a semester that is virtual is insanity. Time for them to make some tough choices.

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I understand your point, but in keeping with your example, colleges are still providing a service, while hotels and the travel industry are literally on hold completely. [/quote]

Yes, and colleges aren't just a service to the student "customer" -- the state has standards that they want in place to develop a workforce, professional associations have accreditation to ensure future qualified workers in their fields, and the country as a whole has a stake in having educated citizens, and the research institutes are creating--without profit--much of the knowledge that allows coronavirus research in the first place (as well as educating the people to do that research).  I think individual families decide whether to invest in a college education at the price but colleges are not a typical business industry so the comparisons don't work so well.  [/quote]

Of course.  The only students having real difficulty right now are nurses and maybe doctors, believe it or not, because they need their hours/clinicals. Performance artists might be suffering as well. Other than those examples, and some labs, most everything else can be done online.  That is the college's point.  Not saying whether I agree with it or not.  It may be worth 110% or 50% of what we pay for, but who am I to know, for sure.  The colleges are still paying their professors - are they supposed to work for free? [/quote]

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