Education

Fitchburg State University and Framingham State University have each received $100,000 grants, both schools announced Monday.

Child care centers, summer camps and youth programs could be allowed to reopen as soon as next week under executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker issued Monday alongside more specific guidelines that businesses in the second wave of reopenings will have to follow.

If or when college students return to Massachusetts campuses this fall, little is likely to look familiar. Small classes might be moved into larger classrooms to allow for proper spacing between desks. Dining halls might have prepared food for carry-out. Residence halls may group students by shared courses.

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Instituting a change at a college or university has been compared to "trying to move a cemetery," Emerson College President Lee Pelton said during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel Wednesday.

UMass President Marty Meehan will recommend the university network's board of trustees vote to freeze tuition for the university's 50,000 in-state undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year, citing concerns about how the coronavirus has financially impacted students and their families, the school announced on Wednesday. 

Quinsigamond Community College’s Future Focus program has received a $450,000 Adult Education Transition to Community College Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the school announced on Monday.

In an effort to help support the local business community, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will offer 20 free online business classes for business owners and their workforces, the school announced on Thursday. 

Three coronavirus-related research projects at UMass Medical School have received funding as part of a statewide initiative, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.