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 HBCU (Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, Spelman)
- Boston University
- Bowdoin (medical exemptions only for students): Vaccinations, Working on Campus, and Remote Work—April 16, 2021 | Bowdoin College
- Brown
- Claremont McKenna College: Claremont McKenna College to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students enrolled in fall | The Student Life
- 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 (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
- 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.”)
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst (“Religious and disability exemptions will be accommodated pursuant to state and federal law”): Fall 2021 FAQs | UMass Amherst Fall 2021
- Northeastern
- Notre Dame
- Nova Southeastern (under review due to Florida governor’s executive order banning “vaccine passports”): https://www.nova.edu/coronavirus/information/archive-updates.html
- Princeton
- Roger Williams
- Rutgers
- St Edwards (TX)
- 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
- Syracuse University
- UMass Amherst
- 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
- Vassar College
- Yale: Requiring Students to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 | COVID-19 Information
Likely to require COVID-19 vaccination for Fall 2021 term, based on announcements:
- 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
Will not require COVID-19 vaccination for Fall 2021 term:
- 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
- Santa Clara University (but vaccination may give exemption from testing requirements): Vaccine FAQs - Santa Clara University and 3.12.21
- 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. "
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- Stanford University: Update on planning for fall 2021 - Stanford Today
