Physical & Mental Health

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.

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.