Former student at downtown Erie university launched federal case by suing for refund for tuition, costs after Gannon went to online classes as COVID-19 outbreak started in spring of 2020.
Erie Times-News
- Like other colleges and universities nationwide, Gannon University followed government directives and sent students home temporarily to take remote classes during start of pandemic
- Also like other colleges and universities, Gannon was sued over the switch
- Proposed $1.1 million settlement would provide payment to as many as 3,900 students who were enrolled in spring of 2020
Gannon University has agreed to pay $1.1 million in a proposed settlement to end a federal class-action lawsuit related to the pandemic.
A judge still must approve the agreement, which will add the downtown Erie school to the list of other colleges and universities that have reached similar deals nationwide.
The settlement is meant to reimburse students for in-person tuition and other costs that Gannon continued to charge after the COVID-19 outbreak forced classes to go online in the spring semester of 2020.