Rice University in Houston, Texas, is being sued by a student who claims the university should not have charged full tuition rates when most classes have been delivered online. The lawsuit seeks class action status.

"Plaintiff and the members of the class have all paid for tuition for a first-rate education and on-campus, in-person educational experiences, with all the appurtenant benefits offered by a first-rate university. Instead, students like plaintiff were provided a materially different and insufficient alternative, which constitutes a breach of the contracts entered into by plaintiff with the university," the suit said.

Despite the fact that Rice has offered a mix of in-person and online classes since this fall, it is reported that many facilities - libraries, labs and study rooms - were closed. The university boasts that it offers students "an unconventional culture,” the suit said.

A Rice spokesman declined to comment on the litigation.

—Source: Insidehighered.com