University of Tampa Pandemic Remote Learning Settlement Overview:
- Who: The University of Tampa agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit with students who paid to study in spring 2020.
- Why: The students sought partial tuition refunds for the spring 2020 semester after the school transitioned to remote learning because of COVID-19.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was settled in New York federal court.
The University of Tampa is the latest college to reach a class action settlement with students who claimed they deserved refunds due to their university studies going “remote” during the pandemic.
In documents filed May 25 in New York federal court, students and the University of Tampa said they reached a $3.4 million settlement to resolve claims the university broke its contractual agreement with students who paid tuition and fees expecting an in-person educational experience in the spring of 2020.
The students alleged the university held in-person education only for about half of the spring semester before going remote. The settlement would benefit students who paid for the spring 2020 semester and were still enrolled on March 1 that year.
If the settlement is approved, those students will automatically receive several hundred dollars in cash or tuition credit unless they exclude themselves.
The University of Tampa does not accept it broke any express or implied contract with students, according to the class action settlement.
University of Tampa Not Only School to Reach Tuition Settlement
In 2021, Columbia University agreed to pay $12.5 million in tuition and fee reimbursements to students allegedly deprived of the “unique benefits of an in-person, on-campus educational experience” during remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic under the terms of a proposed class action settlement.
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The students are represented by Alec Mitchell Leslie and Philip Lawrence Fraietta of Bursor & Fisher PA.
The University of Tampa Pandemic Refund Class Action Lawsuit is D’Amario et al. v. The University of Tampa, Case No. 7:20-cv-03744, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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