Op-Ed: Coronavirus Could Pop the Higher Education Bubble
"Once a large university proves it can provide a reasonable facsimile of its course offerings without the enormous expense, students may start to demand they do so"...
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Daily Caller, Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet.
Mike is a Generation X, New England lifer who describes his political views as conservative and libertarian.
You can find him on Twitter @MikeLaChance33
"Once a large university proves it can provide a reasonable facsimile of its course offerings without the enormous expense, students may start to demand they do so"...
"One worker said he has seen items like fans and microwaves thrown out of windows"...
“no official announcement”...
"backing a plan to make universities tuition-free for those whose families make less than $125,000 per year"...
"The moves to cancel commencement ceremonies come as colleges have moved all classes online, in many cases through the end of the spring semester."...
"is an Eagle Scout and has never been in any trouble before"...
“Hosting or attending a large party is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing in this moment”...
“Students couldn’t sleep overnight, couldn’t eat. People broke down crying because they thought they had to move out as early as Friday”...
“You don’t need college to learn stuff”...
“Every residential college and university in America relies on that auxiliary revenue stream. It is baked into the budget”...
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"began a petition on Change.org for the school to refund students the cost of room and board from now until the end of the semester"...
"The GoFundMe for that effort had raised a little over $8,400 by Friday afternoon."...
"We will continue to monitor Iowa State and its approach to students’ freedom of expression."...
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