According to college industry news website Inside Higher Ed, furloughs are nothing new to post-secondary schools this semester. Big-name institutions like Clemson, George Washington, Tufts and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst all had to temporarily send employees home and implement other cost-cutting measures like pay reductions just to keep their heads above the water. Manhattan College was no exception. The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the college’s budget, more than 80 percent of those losses attributed to the near non-existent room and board. Students have the option to take all classes remotely this semester, and many took the college up on the offer. That not only saves them from exposure to the coronavirus, but it also saves them nearly $17,000.
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