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Education

  • Worcester Idea Lab signs with WPI, first corporate member

    Grant Welker October 27, 2017

    The Worcester Idea Lab, a two-year-old collaborative workspace, has signed its second higher education member and its first corporate member.

    Grant Welker October 27, 2017
  • Sikh temple opens in Westborough

    Grant Welker October 26, 2017

    A 28,000-square-foot Sikh temple has opened in Westborough with more than 50 rooms, including eight classrooms and four meeting rooms.

    Grant Welker October 26, 2017
  • Tegra Medical offers apprentice program

    Zachary Comeau October 24, 2017

    A Franklin manufacturer of medical devices is offering a four-year program to build its own skilled workforce and offer new opportunities for its employees.

    Zachary Comeau October 24, 2017
  • Massachusetts proposes Downtown Worcester space in state's Amazon bid

    Zachary Comeau October 20, 2017

    Massachusetts released its official Amazon proposal on Friday and highlights several Worcester-area features and incentives in a bid to lure the online retailer to the state.

    Zachary Comeau October 20, 2017
  • Assumption faculty votes no confidence in college president

    October 20, 2017

    Despite a faculty senate vote of “no confidence” in President Francesco Cesareo, Assumption College's Board of Trustees are not proposing any changes.

    October 20, 2017
  • MetroWest coalition offers 6.6M sq. ft. to Amazon

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    Marlborough is leading a coalition of five MetroWest communities in a bid to land Amazon's HQ2.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • Leominster offers 400 acres, $405M to Amazon

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    The City of Leominster is offering more than 400 acres of public and private land and a tax breaks worth up to $405 million to lure online commerce giant Amazon.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • MathWorks donates $10M for museum exhibit

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017

    Natick computer software developer MathWorks will gift $10 million to the Boston Museum of Science, the museum announced Thursday.

    Zachary Comeau October 19, 2017
  • Mass. adds 9,300 jobs in September

    State House News Service October 19, 2017

    Massachusetts added 9,300 jobs in September, driving the unemployment rate back below 4 percent.

    State House News Service October 19, 2017
  • WPI lands $1.2M high school curriculum grant

    Zachary Comeau October 18, 2017

    A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a $1.2 million grant to help integrate biology and computer science tools in high school classrooms.

    Zachary Comeau October 18, 2017
  • Easter Seals open Worcester assistive technology center

    October 17, 2017

    The Easter Seals opened an assistive technology center in Worcester last week to help people with disabilities explore and test technology to increase independence.

    October 17, 2017
  • CDCs create stronger cities

    Yvette Dyson October 16, 2017

    The City of Worcester contends with blighted buildings in our inner city neighborhoods fallen to foreclosure.

    Yvette Dyson October 16, 2017
  • Amazon should come to Worcester

    Setti Warren October 16, 2017

    It is important to ask the right questions when it comes to Amazon and the opportunity to become the host for its proposed second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.

    Setti Warren October 16, 2017
  • Blackstone Valley receives $456K grant for voke/tech

    Zachary Comeau October 13, 2017

    The Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce received a $456,320 Skills Capital Grant from the state to implement vocational and technical training programs.

    Zachary Comeau October 13, 2017
  • Pay gap creating crisis in human services sector, agencies say

    State House News Service October 11, 2017

    After the signing of a law calling for equal pay across gender lines, human services agencies are asking legislators for help closing a different sort of pay gap.

    State House News Service October 11, 2017
  • Addiction treatment to be added to social work education in Mass.

    State House News Service October 11, 2017

    Students at the nine social work schools in Massachusetts will learn about preventing and treating substance misuse.

    State House News Service October 11, 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.