Education

Assumption University in Worcester will lift its shelter-in-place order at 7 a.m. on Monday, with residential students allowed to move around campus beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, according to a notice distributed to the school’s community.

Quinsigamond Community College's online associate degree program offers America's fifth best return on investment, according to a higher education rankings site.

Assumption University will lock down its campus for a week starting Friday, and ask students to shelter in place amid a coronavirus outbreak that already led to more than one in five residential students having to quarantine or isolate themselves out of precaution.

More than one out of five residential students at Assumption University are in quarantine or isolation, the Worcester school's president said to the campus community Wednesday.

Worcester Academy has named a new leader of the private school who will begin his term next July.

Fitchburg State University will no longer charge an application fee for its undergraduate programs, the school announced on Monday.

Unlike many others in the hospitality industry impacted by the pandemic, the living history museum Old Sturbridge Village was put into a unique situation because of the highly skilled and specialized nature of its employees, which are hard to replace.

Enrollment at public colleges in Central Massachusetts has dropped substantially, including by more than 10% at Framingham State University and Mount Wachusett Community College, a trend echoed statewide as higher education has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

Men’s hockey at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will begin next month, following the cancelation of fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school’s head men’s hockey coach announced Thursday.

Colleges in Worcester are committed to ensuring the health and safety of students and those living off campus, two top city officials are assuring the City Council.