Universities Afraid of Contract Claims

There’s a new problem looming for British universities whose faculty are refusing to grade papers and final exams:  breach of contract actions by angry students and by parents who foot the bills.  In addition to claims that students are entitled to get their degrees on schedule, there are potentially serious consequential damages, including decreased value of the degrees if employers perceive 2006 degrees to be somehow tainted.  Parents and family members are also on the hook for travel expenses to get to graduations that won’t occur.  The Guardian has a recap of the current situation.

Meanwhile, Leeds University (upper left) is threatening to dock the wages of striking faculty and use the money to “ameliorate” the hardships that students are suffering.

[Frank Snyder]