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Education

  • New FSU challenge also a homecoming for Cevallos

    Emily Micucci January 13, 2014

    Leaving his post at president of Kutztown University in Kutztown, Penn. for the same job at Framingham State University will bring F. Javier Cevallos into familiar territory. “In a way, it's like going back home,” said Cevallos, who was hired as a

    Emily Micucci January 13, 2014
  • UMass Med gets $100k to develop antibody

    January 9, 2014

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has announced it will receive $100,000 over the next two years to develop an antibody for a genetic condition that can cause emphysema and liver disease.

    January 9, 2014
  • Framingham State settles on new president

    Rick Saia January 8, 2014

    A former professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is being recommended as the next president of Framingham State University.

    Rick Saia January 8, 2014
  • Southborough Primate Center Fined For Mistreatment

    December 24, 2013

    Federal regulators fined Harvard Medical School $24,036 last week for repeated animal welfare violations at its New England Primate Research Center in Southborough.

    December 24, 2013
  • CMass Schools Awarded $685K For Life Sciences

    December 19, 2013

    Eight public high schools in Central Massachusetts received a combined $685,000 to purchase life sciences training equipment and supplies, the Patrick administration and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) announced today.

    December 19, 2013
  • Charles Monahan: President, MCPHS University, Worcester

    December 9, 2013

    The presence of MCPHS — formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — is unparalleled in downtown Worcester.

    December 9, 2013
  • UMass Med Licenses Anti-Cancer Technology

    November 26, 2013

    The University of Massachusetts Medical School has licensed technology to treat cancerous tumors to a newly-formed biopharmaceutical company.

    November 26, 2013
  • Groton School Receives $75M MassDevelopment Bond

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013

    MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, has issued a $75-million tax-exempt bond for the renovation of Groton School’s historic Schoolhouse building, built in 1899.

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013
  • FSU Names Finalists For Presidency

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013

    The Board of Trustees of Framingham State University has announced three final candidates for the presidency following the departure of FSU's last president, Timothy J. Flanagan, in May.

    Emily Micucci November 25, 2013
  • WPI Launches Data Science Grad Program

    November 22, 2013

    Responding to higher demand for professionals who understand how to analyze and find value in “big data,” Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching the state's first graduate program in data science, the school announced.

    November 22, 2013
  • Colleges Adjust To Shrinking Enrollments

    Emily Micucci November 11, 2013

    If there's one industry that benefited from the Great Recession, it's higher education. Faced with tougher competition for jobs, more people enrolled in colleges and universities to finish or obtain more advanced degrees to stand out from the crowd.

    Emily Micucci November 11, 2013
  • In Worcester, Patrick Touts Public Investments

    State House News Service October 28, 2013

    Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday resumed his effort to publicize public investments in the wake of this year's tax hikes. In Worcester, Patrick was scheduled to announce $15.9 million in funding for a new building at Quinsigamond Community College and $

    State House News Service October 28, 2013
  • Bancroft School Names New Leader

    October 25, 2013

    James P. “Trey” Cassidy III, an administrator at a 600-student school in Michigan, will take over the top job at Bancroft School in Worcester next summer, the school announced today.

    October 25, 2013
  • An Incubator For Framingham?

    Emily Micucci October 22, 2013

    Earlier this month, Framingham State University (FSU) announced it will launch its Entrepreneur Innovation Center, creating workspace for area entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of business. According to Robert Krim, an economics professor hired

    Emily Micucci October 22, 2013
  • Enrollment, Finances Challenge N.E. Colleges

    Francesco Cesareo Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 14, 2013

    People from all over the world recognize New England as the nation's academic mecca.

    Francesco Cesareo Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 14, 2013
  • Central Mass. Colleges Embrace Obama Plan To Curb Costs

    October 14, 2013

    As student loan debt in the United States approaches the $1-trillion mark and has become the largest form of unsecured debt in the nation, federal and state lawmakers are looking for ways to ease the burden on students and turning to performance-

    October 14, 2013

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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.