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Re:US universities under pressure to cut fees because of rem... by thatcat on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:22PM (#23950361)
The easy solution is for Unis to take an L for once and to cover costs with their enormous savings from the last 30 years of exponential growth. Those fees obviously are over actual cost to cover contingencies, a pandemic was inevitable on the time scale of a university. They probably should have gotten insurance, what do those admins do anyway if not plan for things such as this?
Re:US universities under pressure to cut fees because of rem... by gowld on Saturday July 25, 2020 @03:29PM (#23951730)
At most places, that money was already spent, not saved up.

You can't buy insurance for something that cripples everyone. Math isn't magic.

Re:US universities under pressure to cut fees because of rem... by mrgordon on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:46PM (#23950567)
It’s exempted from insurance but yeah they should have some reserves