Physical & Mental Health

University of Alabama at Huntsville professor leaves his tenured job over the university’s pandemic planning, saying he can’t be part of the disaster he fears will unfold this fall.

How rising COVID-19 cases convinced the Stanislaus State president to shift classes online just a week before the start of the semester.

As colleges grapple with the challenges and uncertainties of reopening this fall, they should ensure that any return-to-campus plan is fair in both perception and reality, writes Jen DeNeal.

Florida universities are ordered to open in person; Stanislaus State will go online for six weeks; a few Texas institutions will start online; required vaccines in Philadelphia, no confidence vote at Penn State; clusters at Duke; and colleges scramble to get students vaccinated.

Scholars question the legality and morality of Cornell's refusal to consider requests from faculty to teach online -- even requests "premised on the need for a disability accommodation."

University of Iowa said professors could only talk to students about face masks and vaccinations in course-related discussions about health. Faculty advocates said no way.

Louisiana State University faculty and staff members object to returning to a crowded campus and classrooms without a vaccine mandate as the state struggles with COVID.

Colleges and universities increasingly want their students and employees to get the jab. Cases involving vaccines within the University of California and other institutions begin to define the legal terrain.