Quinsigamond Community College

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the world of higher education are becoming clearer, as national enrollment is dropping among graduates and undergraduates, according to a new report from The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, looking at national fall semester data, through Sept. 24.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will continue with remote learning during the spring semester, the college announced Friday in an acknowledgement the coronavirus pandemic will continue to upend higher education.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has launched a subscription model for an educational program to allow users to have unlimited access to professional development training through the school’s Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education.

Quinsigamond Community College has received a $1.3-million federal grant to support first-generation or economically disadvantaged students, or those with disabilities.

Quinsigamond Community College, based in Worcester, will set up a location inside Southbridge Middle High School, the college announced in conjunction with the Town of Southbridge on Tuesday.

Some freshmen at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will spend the fall living at a hotel just off campus. Clark University and Framingham State University have plans in place to isolate students in their dorms while awaiting coronavirus test results.

Government leaders in the United States no longer prioritize funding higher education at levels needed to keep colleges solvent and competitive with overseas options, Massachusetts education leaders said in a Worcester Business Journal webinar Tuesday.

Several area college presidents, including Marty Meehan of UMass, Javier Cevallos of Framingham State and Luis Pedraja of Quinsigamond Community College fiercely condemned this week a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that would require non-immigrant international students to leave the country if their fall semester classes transition entirely online.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is launching a League of Legends esports team that will compete against five other members in its division of the National Association of Collegiate Esports, the school announced on Tuesday.

As protests continue across America over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — including a protest in Worcester on Monday night — the presidents of six Worcester colleges expressed frustration over racial injustice and sympathy for Floyd and protestors while calling for a systematic change in how the country deals with race relations.