Brown student files lawsuit against school over tuition, room and board charges, and fees in the time of COVID-19

Updated at 3:19 p.m. on May 1, 2020.

James Bessette

05/01/2020

BROWN UNIVERSITY is a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Rhode Island related to fees, housing costs and tuition collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is a defendant in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in which a student has alleged the Ivy League university broke federal laws in continuing to charge for tuition, fees, and room and board despite students being sent home from campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The suit was filed in…

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