Can we nicely have this thread - without disses on either side? I’m very curious to know which schools decide to do this and a thread is easier to follow than trying to look at a ton of news stories.
So far I know we’ve reported:
Will require COVID-19 vaccination for Fall 2021 term:
- Atlanta University Center Consortium (Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, Spelman): AUCC Schools Vaccination Statement From Member Presidents
- Bates College (medical exemptions only): COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Frequently Asked Questions | Health Services | Bates College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bowdoin (medical exemptions only for students): Vaccinations, Working on Campus, and Remote Work—April 16, 2021 | Bowdoin College
- Brown
- Bryn Mawr College: A Message to the BiCo Community: COVID Vaccinations to be Required for Students for Fall 2021 | Bryn Mawr College
- Carleton College (“Requests for exemptions from these vaccination requirements will be considered and managed in accordance with applicable state and federal law.”): https://www.carleton.edu/covid/frequently-asked-questions/faq-students/#acc1_0
- Claremont McKenna College: Claremont McKenna College to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students enrolled in fall | The Student Life
- Colorado College (“We will consider requests for exemptions for medical, religious, and personal reasons.”): FAQs - Colorado College
- University of Colorado system: CU Requires Vaccine for Fall Semester 2021 | Office of the President
- Cornell
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- University of Denver (“will consider requests for applicable exemptions for medical, religious and personal reasons”): COVID-19 Vaccine Required for Students for Fall 2021 Term | University of Denver
- DePaul University
- Duke University
- Emory
- Fordham University (“the University will require all students—undergraduates and students in graduate and professional schools—to be vaccinated by the opening of the fall semester (medical and religious accommodations will be considered) … The University will offer on-campus vaccinations upon arrival to international students who could not be vaccinated in their home countries.”): University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
- Fort Lewis College (CO)
- Harvey Mudd College (for those living on campus, which was 98.5% of students in 2019): Anna Gonzalez, dean of students and vice president of student affairs - April 7, 2021 - Google Docs
- Haverford College: A Message to the BiCo Community: COVID Vaccinations to be Required for Students for Fall 2021 | Bryn Mawr College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kenyon (“reasonable accommodations for sincerely held religious beliefs and medical exceptions will be considered on an individual basis”): COVID-19 Update: Vaccination required for students | Kenyon College
- Lehigh
- Lewis & Clark (“Students may request an exemption from the vaccination requirement for medical or non-medical reasons as provided by Oregon and federal law. … For students who find it impossible to be vaccinated prior to arrival on campus in the fall, we anticipate having vaccinations available through our Health Service.”)
- Loyola Marymount University (“LMU will allow exceptions on a case-by-case basis for students with qualifying medical or religious reasons. Where exceptions are granted, the university may require additional COVID-19 testing, social and access restrictions, quarantining, and other requirements or limitations.”): LMU Requires COVID-19 Vaccinations for Students in Fall 2021 - LMU Newsroom
- Macalester College (exemptions allowed if already immune, or for medical or personal belief reasons): President Rivera: COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Response - Macalester College
- University System of Maryland (will “comply with all federal and state laws in granting appropriate exemptions for medical or religious reasons”): USM Chancellor Jay A. Perman Issues COVID Vaccination Mandate for USM Students, Faculty, and Staff - USM and COVID-19 Vaccine Information | The University of Maryland and Maryland Today | University System Mandates COVID Vaccination for Fall Return to Campus
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst (“Religious and disability exemptions will be accommodated pursuant to state and federal law”): Fall 2021 FAQs | UMass Amherst Fall 2021
- University of Michigan (only for those living in residence halls and other campus housing – 97% of frosh and 31% of all undergraduates before COVID-19): COVID-19 vaccine to be required for students choosing to live on campus | University of Michigan News and COVID-19 vaccination required for University of Michigan students living on campus in fall - mlive.com
- Northeastern
- Northwestern University (except online-only students; exemptions for medical or religious reasons; also allows temporary exemption until full FDA approval; accepts WHO-authorized foreign vaccines): Vaccination Requirement FAQs: COVID-19 and Campus Updates - Northwestern University
- Notre Dame
- Princeton
- University of Rochester
- Roger Williams
- Rutgers
- St Edwards (TX)
- Simmons University (“Simmons will require all students who are enrolled in classes on our campus to be vaccinated before they arrive on campus in the fall.”; can request medical or religious exemption like for other vaccines): COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement - April 26, 2021 | Simmons University
- University of Southern California (but allows personal declination with signed form acknowledging risks of COVID-19 and accepting that the university may impose additional requirements like PPE on unvaccinated people to enter campus; campus is closed to those with neither vaccine nor a signed personal declination form): COVID-19 Vaccination Program | Policy | USC
- Stevens Institute of Technology (“Limited exemptions will also be considered for medical and religious reasons”): https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/spring-21-campus-operations-and-guidance/announcements-updates/04222021-message-president
- Stanford University (“Stanford plans to require all undergraduate, graduate and professional students coming to campus this fall to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. We will accommodate those who cannot take the vaccine for medical or religious reasons. Students in these situations will be able to request an exception and, once it is approved, will be required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing. Other requirements may also apply.”): COVID-19 Vaccinations - COVID-19
- Syracuse University
- Vassar College
- Washington University in St Louis(WUSTL) Students must be fully vaccinated before they arrive on campus for the start of their fall academic term or August 30, whichever comes first
- University of Washington (all campuses) (“Students will need to verify they have been vaccinated before the start of the fall quarter unless they are claiming a medical, religious or philosophical exemption”): UW announces COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students | UW News
- Williams College (medical and religious reasons)
- Yale: Requiring Students to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 | COVID-19 Information
Intend to require COVID-19 vaccination when vaccines have full FDA approval:
- Caltech (“The vaccines have been approved for emergency use, but they have not garnered full FDA approval. That affects the status of the vaccine, and we are cautious about mandating it and making it required now, while there’s just Emergency Use Authorization in place. With FDA approval, that situation is very likely to change.”): 3/28/2021 - A Year of Change: Caltech's Response to COVID-19 and the Path Forward | Coronavirus Information
- California State University (will require when vaccine has full FDA approval): CSU to Implement COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Upon FDA Approval | CSU
- University of California (proposed policy to require vaccine when it has full FDA approval): UC encourages COVID-19 vaccinations for university communities while reviewing policy requirements | University of California
- New York public universities (SUNY, CUNY) (governor statement in briefing reported by various news organizations)
- Santa Clara University (“will require graduate and undergraduate students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 for fall 2021 … This requirement for students will go into effect once at least one of the three currently available vaccines has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the start of the fall term, whichever is later.”): Vaccine FAQs - Santa Clara University
Will not require COVID-19 vaccination for Fall 2021 term:
- Calvin University (COVID-19 not present on required immunization list): Immunization List - Immunizations Travel Health | Calvin University
- University of Cincinnati (“the university strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccination but will not mandate COVID-19 vaccination for students, faculty or staff for the coming academic year.”): COVID-19 Vaccine Plan - University of Cincinnati | University Of Cincinnati
- Florida public and private schools are not allowed to require COVID-19 vaccination under newly-passed statute 381.00316: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/er/HTML (starts at line 1138)
- University of New Mexico UNM said it won’t require proof of vaccine for the fall semester. In an emailed statement, (UNM Provost James) Holloway said, “Right now, we are encouraging our community to get registered to be vaccinated, to give us the best shot (literally) at a healthy fall return to campus. It’s easy, and it’s free. We are not planning to require vaccinations for the fall, but do expect to run major campaigns on campus for flu vaccinations, and, hopefully, for COVID-19 vaccinations in order to ensure high vaccination rates in our population.”
- New Mexico State University. “We can’t force everybody to get vaccinated, we know that not everyone can get vaccinated, but we’re going to do our best to encourage and to really guide all of you to get vaccinated now that the vaccines are widely available,” said JohnD. Floros (President, NMSU).
- UNC- Chapel Hill, NC State, Appalachian State, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilmington, East Carolina and the other universities that make up the 16 member University of North Carolina system will NOT require vaccinations. "The UNC System strongly recommends the vaccine for students but is not requiring it. "
- Nova Southeastern University (due to Florida disallowing colleges from requiring vaccination): https://www.nova.edu/coronavirus/information/archive-updates.html
- Purdue University (vaccine not required, but unvaccinated students must continue frequent testing, and some campus events may be open only to vaccinated students): Video Update from President Daniels: Expectations for the fall
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University of Texas -El Paso UTEP officials provided this statement:
The COVID-19 vaccine is not mandatory, but it is encouraged. - University of Utah, Utah State University and all Utah colleges Under a law signed in mid-March, Utah universities and colleges cannot require that students receive the COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend in-person classes unless they allow students to opt-out of the vaccine for medical or personal reasons.
- Virginia Tech (Because vaccines are provided under FDA emergency use authorizations, the university cannot mandate students to receive vaccination. If the FDA fully approved vaccines, these can be mandated only if required by the commonwealth.) Fall 2021 plans | Ready | Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest (“At this moment, the University does not have plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine.”): COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs - Our Way Forward
- College of William and Mary (while vaccines are under emergency use authorization; vaccinated people are exempt from some testing and quarantine requirements): COVID-19 Vaccinations | William & Mary
Other statements:
- Pitzer College (“There are many benefits to receiving the vaccination prior to arrival. For example, students who are vaccinated will not need to observe the same quarantine periods if identified as in close contact with someone with COVID-19 and will likely be exempt from regular COVID-19 testing protocols.”): COVID-19 Vaccination Updates - Emergency Preparedness
- Pomona College (“If you choose not to supply proof of a vaccine or authorize HHB to verify your vaccine, the College will not be able to consider you as having the vaccine for purposes of our public health planning. This means that you will continue to have to be part of COVID-19 testing protocols going forward.”): Collecting Vaccine Information from Faculty and Staff (4/6/21) | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College
