About 20% of Harvard's incoming freshmen have deferred their enrollment, the university said in an email this week. Staff were anticipating a larger number of on-campus residents. Harvard said it plans to have 1,168 first-year students in residence or the Fall 2020 semester, compared with 1,650 first-year students starting last fall.Last month, Harvard announced it was planning to bring back 40% of its undergraduates to campus, including all first-year students.
Universities of all sizes have struggled to flexibly respond to coronavirus as cases surge. In March, schools including Harvard gave students just days to move out of their on-campus housing. Now, universities like the University of California - Los Angeles and the University of Virginia will hold most classes online.
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Should Universities lower their tuition as a result of Covid-19?
No not the elitist northern universities. What will we do without them
Should be 100%. Why pay that tuition for online classes when you could just wait until 2021?