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Education

  • Q&A With Vera Tice, Managing Director, Healthcare Delivery Institute at WPI

    Rick Saia June 10, 2012

    Earlier this year, Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced an initiative aimed at delivering high-quality health care for an aging population.

    Rick Saia June 10, 2012
  • QCC To Expand In Worcester

    June 8, 2012

    Quinsigamond Community College has announced that in unanimous approval of the school's fiscal year 2013 budget, its board of directors also voted to ex

    June 8, 2012
  • Marlborough Mayor's Job Fair

    June 7, 2012

    The next week will be a big for one for MetroWest job seekers.

    June 7, 2012
  • House Approves Health Care Cost Containment Bill By Landslide

    State House News Service June 6, 2012

    The Legislature moved a step closer to a dramatic overhaul of the state’s health care system on Tuesday when the House approved a bill aimed at reining in health care costs by altering the system to reward quality over quantity of care.

    State House News Service June 6, 2012
  • Holy Cross Dorm Is LEED-Certified

    June 5, 2012

    Figge Hall, the newest residence hall at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S

    June 5, 2012
  • Clark Lands Beetle Grant

    June 4, 2012

    Clark University in Worcester has received a $329,000 grant to study the Asian Longhorned Beetle infestation in New England, the school announced this morning.

    June 4, 2012
  • WPI Launches $200M Campaign

    June 1, 2012

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching its largest ever fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $200 million by 2015, when the university will celebrate its 150th anniversary.

    June 1, 2012
  • WPI To Build $38M Dormitory

    May 30, 2012

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute will break ground next month on an 89,000-square-foot residence hall on Faraday Street, the college announced today.

    May 30, 2012
  • Worcester's Spectrum Wins Maine Grant

    May 25, 2012

    Spectrum Health Systems Inc., a Worcester-based substance abuse and mental health treatment provider in Worcester, has been awarded a one-year, $40,000 grant from the Florence V.

    May 25, 2012
  • Colleges Don’t See Big Impact If Student Loan Rates Rise

    May 11, 2012

    The potential doubling of interest rates on new federally backed loans for college students has Central Massachusetts colleges frustrated for their students, but not expecting major impacts.

    May 11, 2012
  • College’s Plans Creep Along At ‘J. Geils Farm’ In Groton

    May 11, 2012

    More than a year ago, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, a tiny Catholic institution based in Merrimack, N.H., shelled out $1.6 million to buy a 34-acre farm in Groton.

    May 11, 2012
  • UMass Medical Gets $5.6M For Power Plant Expansion

    April 9, 2012

    National Grid awarded a $5.6 million check to the University of Massachusetts Medical School this afternoon to

    April 9, 2012
  • New Leader For UMass Medical Unit

    Rick Saia April 6, 2012

    A professor at Boston University's medical school has been named executive vice chancellor for the UMass Biologics Laboratory (UMBL) at the University of Massachusetts Medical

    Rick Saia April 6, 2012
  • April 4, 2012
  • Princeton Review Enters OTC Market

    April 3, 2012

    College readiness and career planning services company The Princeton Review has announced that its common stock is trading on the OTCQB tier of the Over-The-Counter Markets as

    April 3, 2012
  • WPI Plans Rooftop Athletic Fields

    March 30, 2012

    A new parking garage at Worcester Polytechnic Institute will include rooftop athletic fields for softball, soccer, field hockey and other sports.

    March 30, 2012

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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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.