Columbia University students call for tuition strike, demand pandemic relief

Columbia University students call for tuition strike, demand pandemic relief

Columbia University students call for tuition strike, demand pandemic relief

The Columbia University-Barnard College chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America is calling on the Ivy League school to lower costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, or they’re threatening to withhold tuition payments. Although the school has frozen tuition and is offering some aid programs, the students say it is not enough. Student leader Christian Flores joins CBSN to discuss the campaign.