MICA Students organize petition for tuition refund

MICA Students organize petition for tuition refund

COUNTRY HAD THEIR CAMPUS LIFECUT SHORT THIS SEMESTER,THEY'VE HAD TO SWITCH TOONLINE LEARNING BECAUSE OF THEOUTBREAK.

AT THE MARYLANDINSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART...AVIRTUAL CLASSROOM ON THEINTERNET, CANT REPLICATE ADARK ROOM OR A POTTERY KILN.WMAR2 NEWS EDDIE KADHIM ISLIVE OUTSIDE OF CAMPUSTONIGHT.

EDDIE, STUDENTS AREFURIOUS THEY AREN'T GETTINGANY SORT OF TUITION REFUND?THEY SAY ONLINE LEARNING ISNA VIABLE OPTION AND ITDEFINITELY ISNTENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARSFOR.

THE STUDENTS HERE NEED ALOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THATCAMPUS TO COMPLETE THECOURSEWORK.Ben KlehWans chose to pay the$24,000 a semester at MICAbecause he could use theequipment here to create worklike this.

Ben Klawans Student16:31:4━16:32:00“I come froma lower middle class familyIwasncome back for this semesterbecause of money issues and Iwas able to get an externalscholarship” A good chunk ofthat money IS NOW goingtowards an education he didnsign up for.

16:31:2━16:31:39“Itsituation but a lot of peoplefeel like they are kind ofbeing jipped out of theirmoney.

Webummed that we arenlearn the things we were goingto learn and have access tothing we were going to haveaccess to” The student bodyorganized and createdpetition with THOUSANDS OFsignatures.

They did the mathon their own and found theyhad 101 days of promisedstudio access, BUT THEY LOST55 DAYS, WHEN THE CAMPUSCLOSED BECAUSE OF THEOUTBREAK.

STUDENTS SAY THAT'Saround 54 percent of thesemester and WORTH $13,000.

Ina statement from the schoolMICA administrators said theyare offering prorated housingand Meal plans but tuitionrefunds are not beingconsidered at this point.Applying similar math thestudent group found they lostbetween $2,000 and $2,700 forhousing and were told they aregetting a $500 refund.16:34:2━16:34:32“I wouldlike to see maybe half of thetuition if not close to thatbeing given back given thathalf of our semester is beingcompromised” Sam Sherman is asenior at MICA who also workedon campus.

4¥7“I wasworking on a really largescale made out of steelmostly.

I havenwork on it at all” In a monthhe and his fellow seniors weresupposed to kickstart theircareers at artwalk.

If tuitionisnwalk can be pushed back.

4━57“The art walk is reallyimportant for getting exposureto galleries and potentialbuyers.

You know just kind ofhaving one of your first soloshows as an artist”IN A STATEMENT THE SCHOOL SAYSTHEY PLAN TO PAYOUT MORE THANTHE $500 ALREADY SENT FORHOUSING AND MEAL PLANS.

ALSOSAYING ALL OF MICA'S FACULTYAND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFFARE WORKING HARD TO PIVOTTHEIR COURSES INTO REMOTEINSTRUCTION STARTING MONDAY.LIVE AT MICA IN BALTIMOREEDDIE KADHIM WMAR2 NEWS.THE UNIVERSITY SYST