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Posted By: indigo College Education under COVID-19 - 03/30/21 01:47 PM
U.S. News and World Report currently ranks Rutgers #63 in National Universities.
Rutgers' rankings webpage shows it has been rated #3 Top health professions school in the U.S. by College Factual.

Therefore Rutgers may be of interest to some gifted and high-achieving pupils.

As of March 25, 2021, Rutgers has announced that the COVID vaccine is required for the fall 2021 semester.
Posted By: indigo Re: College Education under COVID-19 - 03/31/21 04:43 PM
‘If a student chooses to come to an institution, they agree to abide by the rules’: Can colleges force students to get COVID-19 vaccines?
by Jillian Berman
Updated March 31, 2021
MarketWatch

In an article by Jillian Berman updated March 31, 2021, MarketWatch summarizes the current status of COVID vaccine requirements on campus for the upcoming fall 2021 semester. College-bound students and their parents may be watching closely to see what decisions various colleges and universities make in the coming months.

Some notable points include:
Originally Posted by MarketWatch article
Rutgers University is among the first college to publicly require students enrolled for Fall 2021 to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

"...As an Emergency Use Authorized measure, the current COVID-19 vaccinations may not be mandated for employees or students,” the University of Oklahoma said in a statement.

At Rutgers, students can seek a religious or medical exemption from the vaccine requirement, and students participating in fully online or continuing education programs won’t have to abide by the mandate.
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Posted By: Wren Re: College Education under COVID-19 - 03/31/21 08:30 PM
I heard that many universities and colleges will require a vaccine for in class learning.

On another note, the head of Coursera was on CNBC today and said that they were doing more and more joint ventures to offer a full degree program at half price on Coursera.
Posted By: aquinas Re: College Education under COVID-19 - 04/01/21 03:35 PM
Coursera IPO'd this week! Excited to see how greater capitalization will put pressure on universities to convert their legacy systems. Udemy also has plans to go public this year.
Posted By: indigo Re: College Education under COVID-19 - 04/14/21 01:19 AM
More colleges move to make vaccines mandatory for students
by Jessica Dickler
April 7, 2021
CNBC

Last month, Rutgers was the first to announce that it is requiring students to take the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in fall 2021, now more top universities are following.
Originally Posted by article
“Medical and religious exemptions will be accommodated, but the expectation will be that our campuses and classrooms will overwhelmingly consist of vaccinated individuals, greatly reducing the risk of infection for all,” Cornell President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff said in a statement.
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