Ivy League Nerve? Harvard, Yale, and 8 Other Colleges That Went Virtual and Raised Tuition at the Same Time

Ivy League Nerve? Harvard, Yale, and 8 Other Colleges That Went Virtual and Raised Tuition at the Same Time

Ivy League Nerve? Harvard, Yale, 8 Other Colleges Went Virtual but Raised Tuition at the Same Time

If that makes you mad, consider these 4 alternatives.

By Minda Zetlin , Co-author, The Geek Gap@MindaZetlin

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Fourteen elite colleges and universities raised their tuition this year -- even though they're offering only or mostly virtual classes, according to research by the personal finance site GOBankingRates . They hiked their prices at a time when the pandemic has put financial pressure on many students and their families, and even though pretty much everyone agrees that virtual education is less effective than in-classroom learning.

Try to imagine another situation where an organization tells its customers, "The product we are delivering to you is a less effective version of our real product, and by the way, we're raising the