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Education

  • Web becomes bigger classroom for MBA students

    Emily Micucci April 28, 2014

    As web-based technology has evolved over the last decade, so has the ease with which working professionals who wish to continue their education can obtain advanced degrees.

    Emily Micucci April 28, 2014
  • FSU celebrates Innovation Center opening

    April 22, 2014

    Officials at Framingham State University will celebrate the opening of the school's new Entrepreneur Innovation Center with a ceremony on site this afternoon. The incubator provides office space for area entrepreneurs, as well as internship

    April 22, 2014
  • WPI alum named first entrepreneur-in-residence

    April 18, 2014

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has picked an alumnus and business executive as its first entrepreneur-in-residence, a role the school said will help students, faculty, and alumni identify early-stage technology startups and guide them toward grow

    April 18, 2014
  • Anna Maria College names interim president

    April 18, 2014

    Mary Lou Retelle, the executive vice president at Anna Maria College, will become interim president of the Paxton school after President Jack P. Calareso leaves in July to take on a similar role at a Long Island college.

    April 18, 2014
  • Colleges: More prospective students checking schools’ energy efficiency

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014

    Gone are the days when high school students chose a college solely based on the quality of sports and academic programs, and perhaps even the quality of the party scene. It seems that millennials — the generation born between the early 1980s and

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014
  • ALS research fund renamed to honor Cellucci

    John Agoglia April 11, 2014

    The UMass ALS Champion Fund has been renamed in honor of former governor Paul Cellucci, U Mass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins announced Thursday.

    John Agoglia April 11, 2014
  • QCC breaks ground on new $23M center

    John Agoglia April 10, 2014

    Quinsigamond Community College broke ground today on a $23 million, 30,000-square-foot engineering and technology building.

    John Agoglia April 10, 2014
  • UMass system increases online offerings

    Emily Micucci April 9, 2014

    The University of Massachusetts system has added 23 new online degree and certificate programs to meet increasing demand for online education, according to Shrewsbury-based UMassOnline, the system's Internet learning consortium.

    Emily Micucci April 9, 2014
  • Report: WPI among leaders in tuition ROI

    John Agoglia April 7, 2014

    With the costs of college climbing, Worcester Polytechnic Institute students may be making a worthwhile investment before they graduate, according to a ranking by PayScale.com.

    John Agoglia April 7, 2014
  • Credit unions grab more of student loan market

    April 7, 2014

    As prospective college students and their families hit their limit for federally-guaranteed loans and turn to the private market to pay for school, they will encounter a new and increasingly popular lending source: credit unions.

    April 7, 2014
  • Ex-Google exec joins WPI faculty

    Rick Saia March 31, 2014

    A former executive at Google who is also an expert on cybersecurity, privacy and public policy will join the Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty as a professor of cybersecurity policy, the school announced.

    Rick Saia March 31, 2014
  • Incoming WPI leader: Keep teens interested in STEM

    Emily Micucci March 31, 2014

    As Worcester Polytechnic Institute's first female president, Laurie Leshin's pending arrival in June has been hailed as a boon for generating enthusiasm about careers in science and technology for women.

    Emily Micucci March 31, 2014
  • Anna Maria president leaving for N.Y. campus

    Rick Saia March 24, 2014

    Jack Calareso, the president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, will be leaving to take on a similar role at a Catholic college on Long Island.

    Rick Saia March 24, 2014
  • MathWorks supports MIT with $2M funding

    March 21, 2014

    Following up on a 2012 pledge supporting Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare, Natick-based MathWorks has pledged $2 million to support the development of massive online open courses – or MOOCs - through MITx, part of the school's

    March 21, 2014
  • Assumption extends president's contract

    March 18, 2014

    Assumption College voted unanimously to extend the contract of President Francesco Cesareo through June 2020, the college announced Monday.

    March 18, 2014
  • WPI sets application record with 2018 class

    March 14, 2014

    With applications jumping 53 percent over the past five years, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) announced record numbers for its 2018 undergraduate class.

    March 14, 2014

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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.