Flights may be reimbursed to go home for low-income students, but not all students have a safe home to go back to. A common issue could be homophobia or transphobia. Some students are also highly reliant on on-campus jobs for income that makes gives them a living wage. This whiplash relocation may make finding new sources of income really hard for certain geographies/students.

The list of complications just goes on... and let it be known that there are still some classes that haven't canceled exams or other large milestones through this Friday.

Okay didn't realize they have to leave the dorm also when I first read it. But it looks like they can make exceptions for...

> Students who do not have a home to go to, or for whom going home would be unsafe given the circumstances of their home country or homelife.

For accuracy and transparency (since I can't edit the original): all exams and homework in the CS department are postponed until after Spring Break as of five minutes ago (March 28th).

I think the point was, what happens to working class or poor students who don't have a stable home--with broadband, adequate study space, food, etc--to go back to? Those needs were covered by MIT while the students were on campus; will they be covered by MIT now that students are forced to leave? If not, it seems like this is a ham-fisted response that ignores the needs of students who don't come from comfortable backgrounds.

The can make exceptions to allow students to stay:

> Students who do not have a home to go to, or for whom going home would be unsafe given the circumstances of their home country or homelife.

That exception only specifies students with an "unsafe" home life. It doesn't say anything about students who aren't in danger at home but nevertheless will lose the income from a part time job, access to quiet study areas, good study partners, and many other significant downsides.

That doesn’t mean they have somewhere they can go home and still commit to studying.

Some folks will go home to places with their own bedrooms, or even a family study, or a good local library.

Some will go home to nothing like anything of the above.