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Since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, universities have started teaching remotely. However, students were unwilling to pay full tuition for studying online. It's not hard to find the reason because after all, they don't get to play football and basketball fields, the student club, use of the lab and library, and out-of-class conversations. All of which are part of the typical school experience. Therefore, should universities offer a deduction of tuition for students when they study online? Does it make sense to pay less tuition for online learning? In my opinion, universities should reduce tuition fees by a percentage based on each family's economic condition.


First of all, in the face of growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, an increasing number of higher education institutions have closed in connection with face-to-face classes globally. The pandemic (Coronavirus) has made a huge impact on education systems all over the world. Society needs flexible and recovery educational systems as we confront unpredictable futures. A meta-analytical approach was applied to this study and appropriate literature was examined to capture the essence of continuous learning during this unprecedented time. The results show that universities worldwide are increasingly turning to online learning or E-Learning (Ali, 2020) . Accordingly, the cost of teaching during the pandemic has increased due to the demand for new technology platforms, training, and online teaching support. The faculty is still teaching and is ready to help and advise students further. Because of the availability of staff on campus for student support, even if teaching is primarily online, colleges still have to spend millions to upgrade school facilities and maintain their campuses. However, given the damage, the pandemic has done to our country and its colleges and universities, that may not be what students and their parents necessarily want to hear. They find they are being asked to pay the “in-person” tuition price for distance learning and feel like it is a scam. Predictably, many students do not believe that online teaching will be of the same quality as face-to-face (Stern, 2004). In online education, students are only charged tuition fees and other consolidated monies will be waived as they do not use any external resources and facilities provided by the universities (Golovic, 2020). Plus, it's understandable that many students are upset because they don't expect their college days to be distance learning.


In the difficult situation of the epidemic, many parents have complained and sued the school whether they want to reduce their tuition fees not much, but also less. For example, at Rutgers University, more than 30,000 people signed a petition starting in July calling for the removal of tuition fees and a 20% reduction in tuition fees. More than 40,000 have signed a demand for the University of North Carolina system to reimburse students for housing in the event another Covid-19-related campus closes. Alters in these areas of thinking can have a significant financial impact on colleges and universities. It's even worse for colleges: An unprecedented number of students may want to pause their studies altogether until things are completely back to normal (West, 2015). Therefore, to make online learning an indispensable part of higher education, education institutions must be able to determine the actual cost of teaching and the amount of tuition to be paid based on these costs (Paulson, 2008). The COVID-19 pandemic has obliged higher education leaders to control tuition by shifting priorities and eliminating relentless spending in a way they didn't have to think much about before. In this real context, many universities with small grants and limited state aid will reduce tuition. These schools are often unpopular and risk losing students if they don't charge lower. For example, Williams College (Perry, 1899), a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, with 2,000 students, cut tuition by 5%. In doing so, their manager admitted to being concerned about the pressure this would place on fewer potential competitors to do the same. Furthermore, many wealthiest schools abroad have reduced tuition fees by a certain amount. For example, Princeton University (Ikenberry, 2001), with a $26 billion endowment, has applied a 20% discount on the entire shipping tuition. When a university has enough resources, this is certainly easier to do.


Accordingly, this is such a dilemma, as the school is also in trouble when the resources of income are reduced. Obviously, in this situation, many families are not only struggling with paying tuition fees but also suffering from living expenses (Singu, 2020). If the cost of education remains the same, both low-income families and those with higher incomes may need financial aid to pay for it, making the situation more complicated. Therefore, tuition fees must be reduced by a percentage based on each family's economic condition. For instance, these research results show significant anxiety for study subjects whose parents have lost their income, as they have to take out a bank loan so that their children can participate in online learning (Irawan, 2020). Furthermore, in Indonesia, there is some evidence that enrollment rates in private high schools fell after the Asian financial crisis, while government schools' enrollment rates increased slightly (Thomas, 2004). If the COVID-19 crisis leads to a similar alters in enrollment, this will increase the funding needs of public schools at a time of funding scarcity. The overall effect of such changes is not exhaustive funding will degrade quality, for example, by class sizes increasing. To stem the consequence of the current pandemic, Ethiopia has directed private schools to find ways to cancel tuition or defer payment until the parent can pay it.


In brief, perhaps the tuition fee will be moderate or possibly lower in the future. Hopefully, tuition solutions will be conducted by universities in order to reduce financial burdens with parents so that no one is left behind in the fight with COVID-19. After all the stress and pain caused by the pandemic, the reduction in tuition fees will be a positive support for families and students.

  
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