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Education

  • WPI To Offer Six Sigma Training In Marlborough

    Brandon Butler September 13, 2011

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute will offer a five-month, seven-session set of workshops on Six Sigma, a business management strategy fo

    Brandon Butler September 13, 2011
  • WPI Program Prepares The Next Crop Of Engineers

    September 12, 2011

    Every year, Leominster High School teacher Todd Rathier finds his students respond particularly well to one classroom activity: putting bridges they’ve just constructed in a machine that tests their strength by destroying them.

    September 12, 2011
  • FSU To Cut Ribbon On $47M Dorm

    Brandon Butler September 9, 2011

    Officials at Framingham State University are set to cut the ribbon next week on a brand new, 410-bed, $47 million residence hall that has opened in time to welcome students bac

    Brandon Butler September 9, 2011
  • State Gives $2.5M For Higher Education

    Brandon Butler September 6, 2011

    Worcester State University, Framing

    Brandon Butler September 6, 2011
  • Massachusetts K-12 Is Tops In Physics, Math

    August 29, 2011

    The United States is facing a shortage of advanced scientists and engineers, but Massachusetts is doing its part to help the nation regain its edge.

    August 29, 2011
  • Editorial: Workforce Needs

    August 29, 2011

    This week, Massachusetts goes through its annual rite of late summer in welcoming new and returning college students from around the United States - and the world - onto its many campuses for the start of another school year.

    August 29, 2011
  • August 29, 2011
  • WPI Tops In Region For Baccalaureate Starting Salaries

    August 19, 2011

    Graduates from several Central Massachusetts colleges make more money than those from most other schools in the nation, according to a report from PayScale.com.

    August 19, 2011
  • QCC, WPI Get STEM Honor

    August 18, 2011

    State officials have designated science and mathematics education initiatives by Quinsigamond Community College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute as models for the state and nation.

    August 18, 2011
  • FSU To Explore Off-Campus Housing Options

    Brandon Butler August 18, 2011

    Framingham State University's new $47 million, 400-bed residence hall is set to open this week, just in time for the start of the new school year.

    Brandon Butler August 18, 2011
  • Report: College Game Programs On The Rise

    Christina Davis August 17, 2011

    Colleges and universities in the United States will offer 343 programs in video game design, development and programming during the upcoming school year, according to a report from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).

    Christina Davis August 17, 2011
  • Q&A with Barry Maloney, president, Worcester State University

    Christina Davis August 15, 2011

    After nearly 20 years in administration at Westfield State University, Barry Maloney has headed east to Worcester State University where he took over as president of the school as of July 1.

    Christina Davis August 15, 2011
  • Schools Juggle Logistics, Costs Of Ever-Changing Technology

    August 15, 2011

    The fast-evolving technology of smartphones and tablet computers poses a challenge for area colleges whose students increasingly expect institutions to provide interactive online elements that have become ubiquitous in their lives.

    August 15, 2011
  • August 15, 2011
  • Boston Fed CEO: Community Colleges Should Reflect Workforce Needs | Central Mass. school administrators push back, citing existing corporate links, lack of state funding

    August 15, 2011

    Community colleges in New England’s mid-sized cities need to do more to jumpstart what has been a consistently weak economic recovery, according to Eric S. Rosengren, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

    August 15, 2011
  • Clark Labs Lands $1.8M Grant

    August 11, 2011

    Clark Labs, a geospatial research department at Worcester-based Clark University, will receive a $1.8-million grant to develop a software application for land management.

    August 11, 2011

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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.