QCC to stay with remote learning for spring semester
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Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester
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.
QCC will also use remote learning for its winter intersession courses, continuing a distance learning arrangement it and many other Central Massachusetts colleges adopted, at least to a large degree, for the fall. QCC has had only a small number of laboratory or clinical courses held on campus, and will continue with that arrangement.
The college made the decision to continue remote learning into next year based on pandemic trends locally and nationally, QCC President Luis Pedraja said in a statement.
"Our concern, first and foremost, is the safety of the QCC community and our region," QCC President Luis Pedraja said in a statement.
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QCC, College of the Holy Cross and Dean College in Franklin are three schools that have generally not held any classes on campus this fall. Most others have scheduled a hybrid format of classes both online and in person, with in-person classes held so that students can be spread farther apart. Most have reduced capacities in on-campus dormitories. Clark University and MCPHS University are holding most classes in person but plan to shift to online after Thanksgiving.
QCC provided faculty with remote instruction training this summer, and adjusted its admissions, financial aid and other services to be available online. In September, it announced it is launching a subscription model for an educational program allowing unlimited access to professional development training through its Center for Workforce Development and Continuing Education.
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