COVID Safe Campus Policy & Regulatory Recommendations

• COVID mitigation best practices

  • Universal mask requirements​

  • Free and easy to access resources: high filtration masks, PCR and rapid tests, vaccinations, treatment, etc

  • Higher standards for ventilation, air filtration

  • Synchronous hybrid-remote inclusion

  • Transparency of COVID data and decision-making

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• Autonomy to require masks, to offer hybrid/remote courses and work, and to wear a mask​

  • Opposing bans related to masks and hybrid/remote courses and work

  • Guaranteeing the right to request that others mask, to switch classes/meetings to hybrid, and to participate remotely

  • Protecting the right to wear a mask

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• Expansion of pandemic-related accommodations in the absence of universal policy:

  • See: Advocacy letter for students / Graduation advocacy letter

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• Safer conferences

  • Mask and test requirements, symptom screening, h​ybrid/remote access for both attendees and presenters.

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We also stand in solidarity with union members across the country advocating for fair labor practices, living wages, healthcare coverage, academic freedom, and demands in pursuit of disability justice and rights, racial justice, support for trans and queer folks, etc.