As colleges nationwide reopen for the fall semester, some peer institutions have implemented public health restrictions notably stricter than the College’s COVID-19 rules. Others have had to change their policies in response to sharp upticks in student COVID cases.
At least a dozen colleges and universities across the U.S. have said they will require students planning to enroll in the fall to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In recent months, several colleges and universities — including Bates, Dartmouth, and Duke — have been placed on lockdown in response to rising cases on campus. In all three of these cases, administrators cited illicit gatherings as a main source of infections.
On March 31, Amherst College formalized its commitment to divest its endowment from fossil fuels, joining several other NESCAC institutions, including Middlebury and Wesleyan, in plans to divest.
UAlbany goes remote after COVID-19 outbreak
On Nov. 9, the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany) announced that all academic classes would change to a remote format, cutting the in-person...
College Row at Wesleyan University. (Photo courtesy of Joe Mabel/Wikimedia Commons.)
This past week, Wesleyan University raised its COVID-19 alert levels to yellow due to changing circumstances regarding...
(Photo courtesy of Alan Levine/Wikimedia Commons.)
Middlebury College removed 22 students who had gathered at two separate 15- and 16-person parties last month, suggesting that the students had violated...
Over the past month, many of the College’s peer institutions have announced their plans on whether or how to return to campus for the fall semester. President Maud S. Mandel committed to making an...
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble. In recent weeks, many schools, including New York University, Boston University, Boston College, Notre...
San Diego State University is one of the universities that will be holding most courses online in the fall, following the California State University system's announcement yesterday. (Photo courtesy of...
The Quiet Green at Brown University. President of Brown University Christina Paxson wrote an op-ed arguing for the reopening of college campuses in the fall. (Photo courtesy of Farragutful/Wikimedia Commons.)
In...
