Physical & Mental Health

Colleges and universities are beefing up their mental health services ahead of the fall semester as the uncertain trajectory of the pandemic continues to affect students.

Judges reject request for injunction against a requirement for students.

As a growing number of colleges reinstate mask mandates, colleges and lawmakers in some states square off. University of South Carolina drops mask requirement following state attorney general opinion.

Some colleges are expanding vaccine requirements or reimposing mask mandates in response to spread of Delta variant and new CDC guidance. Other institutions are finding their authority to mandate mitigation measures limited.

They are smaller than they used to be (by colleges’ choice) and are mostly outside. But many colleges fear the Delta variant could change things for the worse.

Federal judge finds Indiana was reasonably pursuing legitimate public health aims in first court decision considering the constitutionality of a college’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement.

Colleges that are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations try to get a handle on current vaccination rates in advance of deadlines for students to submit documentation.

The rate at which students stayed enrolled at a postsecondary institution dropped by two percentage points last fall, yet more evidence of the impact of the pandemic and recession.