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Nichols names gender equity advocate as associate dean for academic affairs
August 4, 2021Nichols College in Dudley has named Jean Beaupre, faculty advisor to the school's Institute for Women's Leadership and associate professor of communication and marketing, as associate dean for academic affairs.
August 4, 2021
Framingham State leads $441K group seeking to lower textbook costs
August 3, 2021Six colleges, led by Framingham State University, including the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, have received a $441,367 grant from the U.S. Department of Education in order to test a hypothesis students in underrepresented groups will
August 3, 2021
Anna Maria names Hugh Drummond as chief communications officer
August 3, 2021Anna Maria College in Paxton announced on Tuesday it has named Hugh Drummond as its new Vice President for External Relations and Chief Communications Officer.
August 3, 2021
Clark launches marketing major
August 2, 2021The School of Management at Clark University is launching a bachelor’s in marketing program in response to student interest and market demand, the Worcester school announced on Thursday.
August 2, 2021
WPI professor receives $500K NSF grant for anti-hacker tech
July 29, 2021Andrew Clark, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop a second line of cyber defense for systems that have
July 29, 2021
Anna Maria professor joins WBJ to lead banking & finance reporting
July 26, 2021Sloane M. Perron, an adjunct professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, has joined the WBJ newsroom as a staff writer, primarily covering banking & finance.
July 26, 2021
New Nichols College president plans to expand the school's brand
Updated: July 26, 2021When students return to campus at Nichols College this fall, they will be greeted by a new face: Glenn Sulmasy, who began his term July 1 as president of the institution in Dudley.
Updated: July 26, 2021
The national $1.7T student debt crisis is burdening Central Mass. graduates, but finding solvency is complicated
Updated: July 26, 2021Efforts are underway from Central Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the political aisle to lessen the burden for borrowers.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Blackstone Valley superintendents granted $450K for workforce training
July 22, 2021On Thursday, Boston nonprofit American Student Assistance awarded a $450,000 grant to the Blackstone Valley Superintendents' Consortium to increase workforce training opportunities for high school students, particularly those from underserved
July 22, 2021
Mass. unemployment drops below 5% for first time since pandemic started
July 16, 2021The Massachusetts unemployment rate in June dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 4.9% from the adjusted 5.0% in May, according to a Friday announcement from the state Executive office of Labor and Workforce Development.
July 16, 2021
Federal student debt relief to end in October
July 16, 2021A pause on federal student debt payments is slated to lapse on Oct. 1, and a new team within Attorney General Maura Healey's office is preparing for any confusion and questions borrowers might face after the relief program ends.
July 16, 2021
Becker campus in Leicester may be sold to town for $18M
July 15, 2021The Town of Leicester has entered into an agreement with former Becker College and has the option for full acquisition of its Leicester campus for $17.8 million, said Assistant Town Administrator Kristen Forsberg.
July 15, 2021
WPI to put more emphasis on teaching students in new tenure program
July 15, 2021Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has established a way for full-time teaching faculty to pursue tenure and extended contracts.
July 15, 2021
WPI settles lawsuit with late donor's ex-wife over $4.5M
July 15, 2021Janet Foisie, ex-wife of the late Worcester Polytechnic Institute donor and alum Robert Foisie, has reached an agreement to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit related to a $4.5-million donation her husband made to the school after the couple’s 2011
July 15, 2021
Mass. lags states in adopting college athlete compensation laws
July 14, 2021Now that college athletes are allowed by the NCAA to make money from endorsements and other business arrangements, lawmakers on the Higher Education Committee plan to study up on how other states have addressed the issue as the panel considers
July 14, 2021
Former Holy Cross professor sues school over firing in sexual misconduct investigation
July 9, 2021Christopher Dustin, a former philosophy professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, filed a 246-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, seeking to reverse his firing and provide unspecified damages for allegedly unfair
July 9, 2021
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