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Education

  • Departing UMass Head O’Brien To Teach At Clark

    February 20, 2013

    John G. O'Brien, who retires next week from his position leading UMass Memorial Health Care, has been appointed to a distinguished professorship at Clark University, the school announced.

    February 20, 2013
  • Region’s Colleges Battling Tough Revenue Climate

    February 18, 2013

    It's no secret that the higher education industry is facing its share of challenges. As if to underscore that, last month Moody's downgraded its outlook of the entire sector to negative, citing several financial pressures.

    February 18, 2013
  • February 18, 2013
  • Holy Cross Grad Makes $25M Donation

    February 13, 2013

    A 1956 graduate of Worcester's College of the Holy Cross has made a $25-million donation to the school, designating the gift to build a new performance arts facility on campus.

    February 13, 2013
  • Endowments Mixed At Area Colleges

    February 6, 2013

    Several Central Massachusetts schools saw their endowment funds dip in fiscal year 2012, according to a study released today.

    February 6, 2013
  • Sherman Center Opening Celebrated (with videos)

    Rick Saia January 31, 2013

    On what was once a wind-swept empty field, University of Massachusetts officials and a host of political dignitaries introduced the new $400 million Albert Sherman Center to a gathering of about 500 Wednesday afternoon inside the newest building on

    Rick Saia January 31, 2013
  • QCC Approves Downtown Worcester Expansion

    January 31, 2013

    Quinsigamond Community College's board of trustees unanimously voted to expand to downtown Worcester at its Wednesday meeting. The school will lease 72,409 square feet of office, lab and classroom space in the former Telegram & Gazette building

    January 31, 2013
  • UMass Medical Opens Sherman Center Today (With Video)

    Rick Saia January 30, 2013

    A host of dignitaries will be on hand this afternoon when University of Massachusetts officials dedicate their new $400-million Albert Sherman Center at UMass Medical School, a state-of-the-art biomedical research and education facility that opened

    Rick Saia January 30, 2013
  • MassMEP Partners With QCC For Degree Path

    January 17, 2013

    The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) has partnered with Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) to create a new associate degree program in manufacturing, the two announced.

    January 17, 2013
  • Mass. Unemployment Reaches 6.7%

    January 17, 2013

    Despite gains of 7,500 jobs in December, Bay State unemployment ticked up to 6.7 percent, according to the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

    January 17, 2013
  • Anna Maria President Extends Contract

    January 17, 2013

    Anna Maria College in Paxton announced that its president, Jack P. Calareso, has signed an extended contract extension that will keep him on the job for an additional five years.

    January 17, 2013
  • Pharmacy School Spends $2.9M On Worcester Property

    January 10, 2013

    MCPHS University, formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, based in Boston, is expanding its footprint in Worcester.

    January 10, 2013
  • AG Looks To Aid Students Of Shuttered Career School

    January 10, 2013

    Attorney General Martha Coakley and the state's Division of Professional Licensure (DPL) are investigating the American Career Institute (ACI), which unexpectedly closed its five Massachusetts campuses – including one in Framingham – on Wednesday,

    January 10, 2013
  • Becker Launches Animal Studies School

    January 9, 2013

    Building on an existing undergraduate animal studies program, Becker College in Worcester has formed a school of animal studies, it announced today.

    January 9, 2013
  • Nichols Receives $5M Gift

    December 27, 2012

    An anonymous alumnus and Worcester native has given Nichols College a $5 million unrestricted gift, the Dudley-based school announced.

    December 27, 2012
  • $4.8M Gift Targets STEM At St. Mark's

    Rick Saia December 11, 2012

    St. Mark's School has received a $4.8-million gift from an alumnus and his wife that will help fund a proposed facility targeted at STEM education, the Southborough school announced Tuesday.

    Rick Saia December 11, 2012

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As housing prices spike, do you raise your employees' compensation to ensure they can afford to live in Central Mass.?
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In June, the median single-family home price in Worcester County rose by 2.6% to $513,000 while the median home price in Middlesex County climbed by 2.2% to a $905,000. These increased prices have not deterred buyers, as the counties saw a 10.8% and a 6.2% increase in transactions over-the-year from last June, respectively. 

Despite the increase in sales, Massachusetts is experiencing an unhealthy house-price-to-income ratio, with the typical home in Massachusetts costing six times the average annual household income, according to The Boston Globe.