Fitchburg State University

Two years of pandemic-related enrollment declines are sure to have considerable impacts on colleges, but educators say the problem could be more long-term.

Fitchburg State University’s downtown revitalization project, ReImagine North of Main, received a $417,270 grant from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.

Fitchburg State University announced on Thursday all classes will be conducted remotely during the first week of the spring semester.

Fitchburg State University was awarded $475,000 from MassDevelopment for its Main Street Theater Block rehabilitation project, according to a Friday press release from the school.

QCC leads the 5 Central Mass. state universities and community colleges in recovering from the enrollment ravages of the pandemic.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University in Worcester were ranked #63 and #103 in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings, released Monday.

Students, faculty and staff wanting to participate in upcoming semesters must now be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Worcester schools the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Fitchburg, Framingham, Worcester State and their counterparts statewide will require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall, they said in a joint announcement Friday.

Colleges in Central Massachusetts are due to receive an estimated $100 million among them under the latest federal pandemic aid program.

Fitchburg State University is planning to have a fully in-person fall semester, while Worcester's Quinsigamond Community College is expecting a return to normalcy after a more than a year of remote learning.