Educators at the University of Georgia have announced plans to require masks in their classrooms despite their state university system not mandating mask-wearing, and say they face potential punishment for following through.
As students have poured back into classrooms, dorms and football stadiums across the country amid the pandemic, some faculty members have felt a mounting sense of alarm. Despite increased precautions at many campuses in the summer before students returned, the reality on the ground has hit some faculty members hard as they face crowded rooms full of unmasked students, or see the numbers of cases spiking.
Roughly 400 men and one woman had sued the university since 2018 over its failure to stop Richard Strauss, despite concerns they say were raised with school officials during his tenure.
Harvard University’s commitment to end indirect legacy investments in fossil fuels -- and effectively divest from the industry -- captured attention all over the world. Now higher education officials and climate activists are contemplating what the decision might mean for them.