After the official announcement that all of Spring Quarter at the UW would be moved online, we petition the UW administration to lower tuition costs for the quarter due to the lower quality of education of online courses.

The UW student community greatly appreciates the actions taken to protect the health of students and to allow late winter move-outs and request that this spirit of empathy be extended to tuition rates.

Firstly, many on campus resources that our tuition pays for will not be used for the duration of the term. This cuts costs for the university, and these savings should be reflected to student bills. The UW has an endowment of 2.94 billion dollars and an overall budget of 7.84 billion, a fraction of which comes from paid tuition.

Secondly, online college is simply not worth the $11,000 and $36,000 being asked of in and out of state students. We have restricted access to study centers, TAs, and aid from professors despite efforts to move everything onto Zoom and cannot fully experience the benefits of a college education in an online setting.

The students of UW respectfully ask that tuition rates for Spring 2020 be adjusted to more accurately reflect the situation at hand.