Villanova Can’t Shake Covid-19 Tuition Payments Class Action

Villanova University must face claims alleging it was wrong to keep the tuition payments of students who were forced into online classes in early 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic, a federal judge ruled.

Though Villanova already provided pro-rated refunds for residence halls and dining, Meredith Faw alleges in a proposed class action that the university has retained tuition payments despite the fact that it failed to provide an in-person education for the entirety of the Spring 2020 semester. Faw plausibly alleges that Villanova made an implied promise to deliver an in-person education, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, of the US District ...