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Education

  • Tufts Vet School Announces Renovation

    Emily Micucci August 12, 2013

    The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton has announced plans to renovate and expand its teaching hospitals through a $68 million project.

    Emily Micucci August 12, 2013
  • Nonprofit Gets $1M For Youth Job Training

    July 29, 2013

    Sixty-four at-risk youth in Worcester and Quincy will receive job training through $1 million in federal funding, Training Resources of America Inc. announced.

    July 29, 2013
  • Workforce Investment Board Gets $400K For Training

    July 19, 2013

    The North Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board has received $400,000 to help fund partnerships that will teach workers skills employers are seeking for jobs requiring more than a high school degree but less than a four-year degree.

    July 19, 2013
  • UMass Med School Announces Down's Breakthrough

    Rick Saia July 18, 2013

    Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered a naturally occurring chromosome “off switch” that can be rerouted to neutralize the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, the school announced Wednesday.

    Rick Saia July 18, 2013
  • Patrick Signs $33.6B Budget, Vetoes Transportation Funding

    Michael Norton State House News Service July 12, 2013

    Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday signed a $33.6 billion state budget while slashing $240 million in transportation funding and $177 million in unrestricted local aid.

    Michael Norton State House News Service July 12, 2013
  • Framingham State Appoints Interim President

    Emily Micucci July 8, 2013

    Robert A. Martin has been appointed interim president of Framingham State University by its Board of Trustees ahead of FSU's transition to a new president.

    Emily Micucci July 8, 2013
  • Colleges, Life Sciences Firms: Partners For Progress

    Emily Micucci July 8, 2013

    On-the-job mistakes always impact the bottom line, but the degree of expense varies widely from industry to industry.

    Emily Micucci July 8, 2013
  • Trust Provides Upgrade Of Fitchburg State Science Equipment

    July 3, 2013

    Fitchburg State University has received a $100,000 grant to purchase research-grade microscope imaging equipment.

    July 3, 2013
  • Fitchburg State Offers Free Courses For Parents

    June 27, 2013

    Beginning in the fall, Fitchburg State University will offer one free college course to parents of children who are first-generation college students at the school.

    June 27, 2013
  • New UMass Medical School Chair Focuses On Cancer

    June 27, 2013

    UMass Medical School has established a new chair in biomedical research, thanks to an endowment fund created in 2011, the school announced.

    June 27, 2013
  • Atlantic Union Wins Approval Of 2 Programs

    June 19, 2013

    Atlantic Union College in Lancaster, which closed in 2011 after losing its accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, took a step Tuesday toward winning accreditation from another group when the Massachusetts Board of

    June 19, 2013
  • Worcester Colleges Group Hires New Leader

    Emily Micucci June 13, 2013

    After announcing in March it would reorganize, the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (COWC) has hired Jeanine B. Went to serve as its executive director.

    Emily Micucci June 13, 2013
  • Mount Wachusett Nets STEM Grant

    June 5, 2013

    Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) said it has been awarded a $640,000 federal grant to provide scholarships and support services to students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

    June 5, 2013
  • Biogen Idec Partners With WPI Training Center

    May 30, 2013

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute said it's signed an agreement with biotechnology firm Biogen Idec to help develop and deliver programs at the school's Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BETC), at WPI's Gateway Park.

    May 30, 2013
  • The New College Try: More Central Mass. Schools Embrace Entrepreneurship

    May 27, 2013

    Derek Canton has an energy that's contagious, is heavily active at his church and has a self-described entrepreneurial mindset.

    May 27, 2013
  • Research Bureau Panel: Worcester Needs More Entrepreneurs

    May 23, 2013

    Worcester possesses many of the ingredients that could help it emerge as a nationally-known research and entrepreneurship hub, including research universities and access to Boston's venture capital market, said Mark Rice, dean of Worcester

    May 23, 2013

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.