Some colleges confront political headwinds in adopting COVID vaccine mandates
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Apr 08 2021 at 7:00 AM GMT
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- Image: As a small but growing number of colleges announce plans to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the fall semester, college administrators who are deciding whether to follow suit face a politically fraught landscape.
- At least 10 colleges have announced plans to require all students to be vaccinated against COVID, with the University of Notre Dame joining the list Wednesday.
- Many legal experts agree that student vaccine requirements will likely stand up in court.
- “I think we’re going to see legal challenges, because my sense is that this issue is very quickly becoming far less a legal issue or even a science and data and facts issue and it’s becoming a political issue,” said Peter McDonough, vice president and general counsel for the American Council on Education.
- ACE recently released an issue brief to aid college leaders in deciding whether to require or encourage vaccines.
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- Published Apr 8, 2021 7:00 AM GMT