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  • Mass. unemployment falls to 3.6 percent

    December 22, 2017

    Thanks to a 7,300 rise in jobs added in Massachusetts last month, the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.6 percent.

    December 22, 2017

  • QCC lands $84K grant for English learning

    Zachary Comeau December 22, 2017

    An $84,100 state grant will enable non-English speaking students at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester to learn the language more quickly and begin taking college-level English courses.

    Zachary Comeau December 22, 2017

  • W. Boylston inmates graduate MWCC manufacturing class

    Zachary Comeau December 19, 2017

    Six inmates at the West Boylston House of Corrections graduated last week from a plastics manufacturing class run by Mount Wachusett Community College.

    Zachary Comeau December 19, 2017

  • AG sues over net-neutrality vote

    State House News Service December 15, 2017

    Attorney General Maura Healey joined a cadre of other state attorneys general who plan to file suit against the Federal Communications Commission over its split decision to roll back Obama-era net neutrality protections.

    State House News Service December 15, 2017

  • WPI's Leshin is highest-paid private-college president in Central Mass.

    Grant Welker December 12, 2017

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Laurie Leshin made $764,400 in 2015, though her pay was eclipsed by the heads of UMass Medical School and MCPHS.

    Grant Welker December 12, 2017

  • Movers & Shakers

    December 11, 2017

    Lampin Corp., Provo Wealth Management and Worcester Art Museum are among the companies with recent hires and promotions.

    December 11, 2017

  • Colleges' battle for students' hearts & minds extends to their stomachs

    Grant Welker December 11, 2017

    If attracting students is an arms race for colleges, not every campus can build the most elaborate recreation center, but even much smaller schools can give their students food that alumni would hardly recognize.

    Grant Welker December 11, 2017

  • Know How: Busting your pre-conceived money myths

    Ryan A. Wagner December 11, 2017

    Financial literacy should be taught in school, but is rarely spoken about in the home. As a result, most people get their education in bits and pieces.

    Ryan A. Wagner December 11, 2017

  • Health Foundation gives WCAC anti-poverty grant

    Zachary Comeau November 29, 2017

    Thanks to a $62,000 grant, the Worcester Community Action Council hopes to develop a program to address poverty from a community health concern, the council announced Wednesday.

    Zachary Comeau November 29, 2017

  • Worcester community foundation awards $1.4 million

    Zachary Comeau November 29, 2017

    The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded more than $1.4 million to 137 local nonprofit organizations, the foundation announced this week.

    Zachary Comeau November 29, 2017

  • Lampin names 31-year vet as new president

    November 28, 2017

    Uxbridge's employee-owned Lampin Corp. in November named employee Robin Leclaire as the company's new president, succeeding Bill DiBenedetto, who retired in April.

    November 28, 2017

  • 10 Things I know about... Why you should start a Worcester business

    Sherri Pitcher November 27, 2017

    10) Diverse and stable economy. Worcester is home to companies of all sizes from various industries including manufacturing, life sciences, education, healthcare and financial services.

    Sherri Pitcher November 27, 2017

  • Former Shack's site to become Worcester cultural institute

    Sarah Connell November 27, 2017

    The Wellesley College philosophy professor who bought the Main Street building in Worcester wants to start the Emengini Institute for Comparative Studies.

    Sarah Connell November 27, 2017

  • Executive director leaving JCC on firm financial footing

    November 27, 2017

    When Holdstein took over the JCC 17 years ago, the organization was more than $1 million in debt and hurting for members and revenue.

    November 27, 2017

  • Hanover Theatre sets revenue record

    November 27, 2017

    The Hanover Theatre in Worcester generated $9.2 million in revenue in fiscal 2017, which is a record and double what the theater made when it opened in 2008.

    November 27, 2017

  • New Becker president focuses on continuity

    Grant Welker November 27, 2017

    President Nancy Crimmin was promoted from interim president without a broader search for a new Becker College leader, because of the board of trustees wanted to continue the success of her predecessor.

    Grant Welker November 27, 2017

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.

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