April 14, 2025
The University of Pittsburgh has agreed to a $7.85 million deal to end claims that it should have refunded students' tuition when it moved classes online at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a federal judge gave the deal his preliminary approval Monday.
April 28, 2021
The University of Pittsburgh made no promise to provide in-person learning to students who launched a proposed class action last May seeking tuition refunds after the school moved its classes online due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday.
April 21, 2021
The University of Pennsylvania's partial victory in a proposed class action over semesters shortened or conducted online because of the pandemic is reason to dismiss similar claims against the University of Pittsburgh, Pitt said Wednesday.
May 12, 2020
Students at the University of Pittsburgh have joined a slew of suits against colleges seeking refunds for tuition, housing costs and student fees they paid toward a spring semester cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court.