Parents try to get tuition refunds and threaten to pull donations in backlash to anti-Israel protests
By
Ross O'Keefe
May 3, 2024 11:45 am
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Pro-Palestinian protests continue to rock colleges in the United States, and administrators are starting to hear from more than just the students.
Parents paying for their children to attend elite institutions are getting fed up with universities making it easier for students to spend more time at demonstrations and bystanders getting locked out of their dorms.
As classes and finals get canceled and students are forced to avoid their own campuses, parents have resorted to contacting their schools for refunds and have reconsidered their positions as donors to colleges.
“They are not getting the education they expected and paid for,” Zev Gewurz, a lawyer whose daughter goes to Barnard College in New York City, told the Wall Street Journal.
Barnard is a prime example of a costly education. The university costs about $90,000 to attend this academic year, more than what many families make in a year.
According to a 2023 Sallie Mae report, typical families need parents to account for about half of their students’ college tuition. Students account for less than a quarter.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2989843/parents-try-get-tuition-refunds-threaten-pull-donations-backlash-anti-israel-protests/
