A judge granted preliminary approval for a $1.25 million settlement offered by Southern New Hampshire University to students who were booted off campus when the university went all-online in response to the pandemic last spring.
Tuition for the university's on-campus students is higher than for online-only students, but the university did not refund students' tuition when campus closed in March 2020 and on-campus students started taking all-online classes. A Southern New Hampshire University student sued over the difference between in-person and online tuition, with her attorneys arguing that students paid extra for the on-campus experience.
As colleges closed their campuses in March 2020, similar lawsuits popped up around the country. A lawsuit against Dartmouth College over the same issue was withdrawn in September 2020.
