As of March 16th Michael Crow, under the advice of the CDC and WHO, has moved 14,000+ in-person classes online. While this poses its own problems, what we are really concerned about is the 6 weeks of parking that we paid for but are not utilizing. The parking permits at Arizona State University are extremely pricey, ranging from $480 to $780.

The date to receive refunds for parking permits was March 15th. Michael Crow intentionally emailed the students of ASU after the refund deadline so that they could not reach out for partial refunds. Here is a quick breakdown of the possible refund students could be receiving: the minimum parking permit is $480. There are 30 weeks in the school year. $480 divided by 30 is $16. You then multiply this by 6 (the number of weeks left in the semester) to get $96. At the bare minimum, ASU should refund students, or even credit their accounts $96 for lack of parking being utilized. The maximum refund would be $156. This is a significant amount especially for students who use financial aid, which is most.

While this is the current problem we are trying to tackle, we also face the problem of paying in-person tuition while attending school online. The cost of tuition per credit hour in person is $765 whereas the cost of tuition per credit hour online is $530-$728. For a bigger picture, the cost to attend ASU online is around $11,710 whereas the cost to attend in person is around $12,388. Ideally, we would like some form of compensation for this whether it be a refund, increased scholarships, or discounted tuition for next year.

We love being Sun Devils but we need our voices to be heard when we are being significantly impacted financially and academically.