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Education

  • Predictive Models Give Recruiting Edge | Colleges seek to optimize marketing

    April 25, 2011

    How does a student with a handful of college acceptance letters decide which school to attend? And what is the right amount of financial aid to offer?

    April 25, 2011
  • WPI Shows Off Its Green Campus | Officials go behind the scenes at LEED-certified residence hall

    April 25, 2011

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute took some time this month to show off its newest dormitory, East Hall, which is certifiably green and sustainable, to a group of legislators.

    April 25, 2011
  • Dean College Names Biz School Dean

    Brandon Butler April 20, 2011

    Robert Cuomo, the dean of Merrimack College's business school, has been named the first head of Dean College's new business school, which the college cre

    Brandon Butler April 20, 2011
  • Patrick To Headline Becker Commencement

    April 19, 2011

    Gov. Deval Patrick is scheduled to give the keynote address at Becker College's commencement ceremony on May 14 at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester.

    April 19, 2011
  • New Gateway Park Building Breaking Ground

    April 14, 2011

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute and O'Connell Development Group of Holyoke will break ground next week on a Gateway Park building that will contain WPI's new B

    April 14, 2011
  • Murray Plans To Beef Up Vo-Tech Ed

    Christina Davis April 12, 2011

    Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray announced a new statewide initiative today at the State House focusing on vocational technical education in the Bay State.

    Christina Davis April 12, 2011
  • QCC Parks Auto Repair Program In Worcester

    April 11, 2011

    Quinsigamond Community College has moved its automotive technology program to Worcester as the first step in the possible creation of a Center for Advanced Trans

    April 11, 2011
  • Community Colleges Prep Students For Changing Realities

    April 11, 2011

    When the University of Massachusetts Amherst made a recent announcement that it would give some special perks to students transferring in from community colleges, it was good news to the leadership at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester an

    April 11, 2011
  • Westfield's Loss Is Worcester's Gain

    April 5, 2011

    Worcester State University's board of trustees voted Monday to recommend Barry M. Maloney as the 11th president of the school.

    April 5, 2011
  • UMass Research Grants Coming To Med School

    Christina Davis April 5, 2011

    The University of Massachusetts announced $200,000 in grant awards through its Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property Technology Development Fund.

    Christina Davis April 5, 2011
  • Clark U Joining Computing Cluster

    April 4, 2011

    Worcester's Clark University is part of a new computing cluster arrangement that Nuclea Biotechnologies Inc. of Pittsfield announced t

    April 4, 2011
  • Genzyme CEO To Be FSU Speaker

    April 1, 2011

    Henri Termeer, chairman and CEO of Genzyme Corp., will be the undergraduate commencement speaker at Framingham State University this year.

    April 1, 2011
  • WPI Gets $150K Donation For New Gateway Building

    Brandon Butler March 30, 2011

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a $150,000 pledge from a Farmington, Conn.-based fire safety company for the school's new

    Brandon Butler March 30, 2011
  • Playful Master's Planned At WPI

    Christina Davis March 29, 2011

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute plans to launch a master's in interactive media and game development in the fall.

    Christina Davis March 29, 2011
  • Eight Area Schools Get Planning Grants

    March 17, 2011

    The state is awarding $350,000 in planning grants to 26 innovation schools across Massachusetts, including eight in Central Massachusetts.

    March 17, 2011
  • WSU Announces Four Presidential Finalists

    Christina Davis March 16, 2011

    Worcester State University has four finalists to fill the president spot, including local candidate Mark P. Bilotta, CEO of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium.

    Christina Davis March 16, 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.