美国大学因疫情关闭后，正在面临学生要求退款的诉讼

哥伦比亚大学，布朗大学，宾夕法尼亚大学，普渡大学，康奈尔大学(Cornell)、范德比尔特大学(Vanderbilt)、自由大学(Liberty)和坦普尔大学(Temple)等私立大学，以及加利福尼亚州、佛罗里达州、北卡罗来纳州和亚利桑那州的整个公共系统的大学，现在他们被学生起诉。因许多大学因为关闭确实对部分宿舍和活动费做了退款。但是，这些诉讼认为，他们得到的退款还不够，因为学生无法进入健身房、餐厅、参加面对面的派对。而且他们的文凭上永远会有星号，因为他们是在网上完成学位的。斯坦福大学法学院法学教授黛博拉·亨斯勒(Deborah Hensler)引用了她作为一名教员的个人经历，自从斯坦福大学关闭校园以来，她一直在网上授课。她一直在布置阅读材料，给论文评分，并通过视频进行讨论。在她看来，她可以在网上提供和面对面一样高质量的教育。她认为这些诉讼案件成功的可能性很小，因为这次疫情就像天灾，是不可抗力的法律原则会导致合同无效，学生就没法从合同上获得诉讼的胜利。但是这次事件提出了一个难题：到底是什么让大学教育真正有价值？

At Columbia University, brown university, university of Pennsylvania, purdue university, Cornell university (Cornell), Vanderbilt university (Vanderbilt), free (Liberty) and Temple university (Temple), and other private universities, and California, Florida, north Carolina, and the public system of university of Arizona, now they are sued by his pupils. Many universities did refund some of their dorms and activities because of the closure. But the lawsuits argue that their refunds aren't enough, because students can't get into gyms, restaurants or in-person parties. And they will always have an asterisk on their diploma because they completed their degree online. Deborah Hensler, a law professor at Stanford law school, cited her personal experience as a faculty member who has taught online since the university closed its campus. She has been assigning readings, grading papers and conducting video discussions. In her opinion, she can provide the same quality education online as in person. She thinks the chances of success in these cases are slim, because the epidemic is like an act of god. The legal principle of force majeure will invalidate the contract, and students will not be able to win the lawsuit from the contract. But the incident raises a difficult question: what makes a college education really worthwhile?  source

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我的文凭上会有星号吗？我不知道相关政策

文凭上会有星号？为啥？

比起退费，星号是什么意思😱？？？会被标记成网课的学位吗？

来个课代表解释下星号是什么鬼

星号是个形象的说法吧*……否则也太坑爹了

*: 不排除是literal的意思

有没有这些学校的学生现身说法的。。

不会literally有所谓的星号吧，至少哥大不会。同意楼上说的更可能是一种象征意味，即这段时间所学的课程、这期间毕业的学生可能会被“另眼相看”；另外这段时间的课程给分也以pass/fail居多（像哥大就是强制所有课程pass fail），也可能对其体现在成绩单上的公信力造成一定的影响。

星号指的是你的transcipt上这一学期的成绩上面会注明因为疫情影响转为网课、或者转为pass/fail评分而已。至于学位证书上有星号这事真没听说过