Academe Today: Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines

Legal questions about vaccinations are just starting for colleges; young Georgians could be key to Senate runoffs; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] [Read this newsletter on the web](. PANDEMIC [Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines, or Just Urge Them]( By Vimal Patel [image] How can they encourage skeptics to get the shots? ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( POLITICS [With Control of the U.S. Senate on the Line, Young Georgians Could Be Key]( By Michael Vasquez [image] College-age voters helped flip the state blue in November. Will they turn out for Tuesday’s runoffs? PANDEMIC CAPACITY [Covid-19 Is Pushing University Hospitals to Their Limits]( By Jacquelyn Elias [image] Hospitals are being overrun as another wave of Covid-19 infections is filling available beds and stretching intensive-care units. Teaching hospitals aren’t immune to the surge. RACE ON CAMPUS [How HBCU Students Go On to Lead Healthier Lives]( By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz A researcher explains that Black students who attend historically Black institutions might be less likely to develop risk factors for chronic disease. THE REVIEW [Thorstein Veblen and the Myth of the Academic Outsider]( By Len Gutkin [image] The social theorist wasn’t exactly an outsider. But he was fired in sex scandals — twice. PANDEMIC [Live Coronavirus Updates: St. Bonaventure President Is Hospitalized With Covid-19]( [image] The spring semester is drawing near, and Covid-19 is surging. The Chronicle is tracking developments across higher ed here. Read on for daily live updates and information. Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( Views IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [Distracted Minds: Why You Should Teach Like a Poet]( By James M. Lang [image] How to use “close reading” of a text, an object, or an idea to focus your students’ attention in class. Paid for and Created by New York Tech [Reinventing the Student Experience]( Supporting student success at New York Tech, faculty and staff are focusing on active engagement and participation by students in remote learning environments, keeping touch points and seeking to reach students in new ways. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Paid for and Created by UC San Diego [A Safe Reopening Informed by Science]( Incrementally repopulating their campus, UC San Diego’s Return to Learn program is guided by three key pillars: risk mitigation, virus detection and intervention, ensuring an adaptable plan for the health and safety of the community The Chronicle's Featured Report: The Post-Pandemic College [Leading experts examine how the pandemic will shape higher education]( in the years to come and what the college of the future may look like. To recover well, colleges must develop a more externally-focused business model, direct resources to expand professional development in online teaching, and continue to expand mental-health services. Job Opportunities [College President]( Maricopa Community Colleges [Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering]( Anderson University, South Carolina [Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering]( Anderson University, South Carolina [Assistant/Associate/Full Professor]( Oregon State University, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Communication]( Lakeland University [Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Studio Art]( Lakeland University [President]( Lehigh University [Assistant/Associate Professor in Implementation Science - School of Kinesiology]( University of Michigan [Faculty Openings - Olin Business School]( Washington University in St. Louis [FOUNDING KUMMER DEPARTMENT CHAIR - Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science]( Missouri University of Science and Technology [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037