Summary: The emergence of the global coronavirus pandemic has created perhaps the most significant challenges for colleges and universities in their history. Forced to largely close their campuses and require the vast majority of students to pack up and leave in a matter of days, educational institutions, both public and private, are now grappling with a range of complex—and potentially litigious—issues amid a burgeoning COVID-19 crisis. These issues range from how to maintain the same quality of education and sense of community in an online environment to whether room and board fees should be partially refunded; how to weather massive drops in revenue due to diminished school populations and cancelled sporting and alumni events, to how ongoing contracts with third-party vendors should be handled.
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