Furloughed College Students Struggle Financially

Students who are no longer on campus also no longer have income from their student jobs.

Sophomore Sophie Butte helps freshman Alex Petty move his rug across Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 12, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

NEW YORK—George Curtis is facing a severe financial crisis.

He had to be out of his Swarthmore College dorm room by March 15. He lost his campus job and can’t travel home to Montana from the Philadelphia-area liberal arts college because he’s not feeling well.