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Education

  • Assumption adding finance major, trading room in Worcester

    Riley Garand June 3, 2020

    Assumption College is adding a new bachelor's degree in finance for its upcoming fall semester.

    Riley Garand June 3, 2020
  • Clark will stop hiring off-duty Worcester police, cites officer behavior at protest

    Monica Benevides June 3, 2020

    Clark University in Worcester will stop using off-duty Worcester Police officers as security and will no longer require a police officer to be present at large student events, college President David Angel and President-elect David Fithian announced

    Monica Benevides June 3, 2020
  • QCC to keep classes online in the fall

    Monica Benevides June 2, 2020

    Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will continue teaching classes online for the Fall 2020 semester, the school announced on Tuesday.

    Monica Benevides June 2, 2020
  • Worcester colleges call for systematic changes in wake of George Floyd killing

    Monica Benevides June 2, 2020

    As protests continue across America over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — including a protest in Worcester on Monday night — the presidents of six Worcester colleges expressed frustration over racial injustice and sympathy

    Monica Benevides June 2, 2020
  • Fitchburg State, Framingham State receive $200K for student benefits

    June 2, 2020

    Fitchburg State University and Framingham State University have each received $100,000 grants, both schools announced Monday.

    June 2, 2020
  • Child care centers could reopen next week

    State House News Service June 2, 2020

    Child care centers, summer camps and youth programs could be allowed to reopen as soon as next week under executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker issued Monday alongside more specific guidelines that businesses in the second wave of reopenings will have

    State House News Service June 2, 2020
  • Mass. college presidents detail fall semester possibilities

    Grant Welker May 27, 2020

    If or when college students return to Massachusetts campuses this fall, little is likely to look familiar. Small classes might be moved into larger classrooms to allow for proper spacing between desks. Dining halls might have prepared food for carry

    Grant Welker May 27, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Michael F. Collins, MD

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Collins is by far the longest tenured of any leader in the UMass system. That’s brought stability to UMass Medical School as well as results.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • The 2020 most influential people in Central Mass. business

    Brad Kane Updated: May 25, 2020

    It’s not about having power. It’s about using it.

    Brad Kane Updated: May 25, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Laurie Leshin

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    When Gov. Charlie Baker needed someone from the higher education industry to serve on his advisory board on how to best reopen the Mass. economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, he turned to Leshin.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • Every member of WBJ Power 50 since 2013

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Here’s the list of all 181 professionals who have been named to a Power list & the years they were listed.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Boroughs, president since 2012, has been a master fundraiser, as the school's endowment ballooned close to $800 million heading into the 2018-19 school year and the college wraps up a $400-million fundraising campaign in June.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Dr. Luis G. Pedraja

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Enrollment at Quinsigamond Community College spiked during the Great Recession as people out of work turned to new job training to get their careers back in motion. The same vital role for QCC appears headed into a period in some ways could be far

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Kola A. Akindele

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Since UMMS was founded nearly 50 years ago, it has been a generator of healthcare professionals, medical research, and biomedical companies. Akindele, though, ensures the 6,000-employee, $1-billion organization contributes in other ways.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • 2020 Power 50: Michelle Jones-Johnson

    Updated: May 25, 2020

    Knowing talent is dispersed equally throughout the population but opportunity isn’t, since coming to WPI Jones-Johnson has focused on attracting, developing, and retaining talent distinguishing WPI in the competitive marketplace.

    Updated: May 25, 2020
  • Higher ed leaders prepping for uncertain future

    State House News Service May 21, 2020

    Instituting a change at a college or university has been compared to "trying to move a cemetery," Emerson College President Lee Pelton said during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel Wednesday.

    State House News Service May 21, 2020

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts make it legal for establishments to sell alcohol two hours earlier than the current law allows, starting at 8 a.m. on Sundays?
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A Massachusetts representative is pushing to repeal a colonial-era law that forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages before 10 a.m. on Sundays. 

Alcohol can be sold in both stores and restaurants starting at 8 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays, with the Sunday restriction stemming in part from a very old Puritan law meant to uphold morality and religion. 

Rep. Adam Scanlon (D-Bristol) filed a bill, A Beautiful Brunch Act, on July 30 that would allow for the sale of alcohol starting at 8 a.m. on Sundays. About a month later, on Aug. 25, the House referred the bill to the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.