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VA AG Legal Opinion Brings End to Student Vaccine Mandates at Virginia Universities
February 01, 2022
Virginia's largest public universities have dropped their Covid-19 vaccination requirement for students to attend in person or to enroll following a legal opinion issued by state Attorney General Jason Miyares that said state universities and colleges cannot require the Covid-19 vaccine for students unless the commonwealth's legislature includes it among required immunizations for higher education institutions.
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New Study Reveals Lockdowns had No Significant Impact on COVID-19 Deaths
February 01, 2022
A new study conducted by Johns Hopkins University reveals that there is no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings in the U.S. and Europe have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality.
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U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh End to Race-Based College Admissions
January 25, 2022
Two cases concerning admissions practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina will go before the US Supreme Court in the autumn of 2022 to determine whether university race-based admissions violate civil rights laws.
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South Carolina Legislature’s Upcoming Tenure Bill to Impact Higher Education
January 25, 2022
Jay Schalin, director of policy analysis at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal writes that the bill making its way through the South Carolina legislature, the “Cancelling Professor Tenure Act”, may have a huge impact on the state’s public higher education system eventually providing a model for other states looking to improve the higher education systems.
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New York Judge Strikes Down State Mask Mandate
January 25, 2022
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to block President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate for large businesses, a New York judge struck down the state's mask mandate, ruling that the governor overstepped her authority in imposing a rule that should have been passed by the state legislature.
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