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Mount Wachusett, Fitchburg State sign housing agreement to board community college students
May 8, 2025A new housing program will afford students at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner the ability to live on Fitchburg State University’s campus as the two institutions have entered into a residential collegiate housing agreement.
May 8, 2025
Advocates push for bill codifying federal protections for immigrant, disabled students
May 7, 2025Gonzalez and other education, immigrant and disability advocates are flagging urgent concerns about federal threats to education rights for immigrant and disabled students.
May 7, 2025
Clark University develops first doctoral program in education department, designed to promote social change
May 6, 2025The low-residency transformative education program, housed in the university's education department, will meet in-person every other weekend in order to allow students to continue their full-time work positions.
May 6, 2025
Movers & Shakers for May 5, 2025
Updated: May 5, 2025Employees at Discovery Museum, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Digital Federal Credit Union are advancing in their careers.
Updated: May 5, 2025-
Mass. launches $25M program to bolster behavioral health workforce
May 2, 2025The state has launched a $25-million scholarship program for students looking to work within the state, with nearly half allocated to retroactive payments.
May 2, 2025 
Nearly 1M in Mass. to resume federal student loan payments
May 2, 2025The Department of Education will resume debt collections for federal student loan borrowers on Monday, during a critical moment for higher education and affordability in Massachusetts and across the country.
May 2, 2025
QCC, MWCC granted $179K to train nurses, IT workers, and personal care aids
May 1, 2025Two Central Massachusetts community colleges have secured a slice of $1.5 million in state grant funding to train workers in the healthcare and IT industries.
May 1, 2025-
Mount Wachusett Community College receives $274K gift from Becker College assets
April 29, 2025Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner is the latest Central Massachusetts institution to receive a gift from the assets of former Becker College.
April 29, 2025 
Clark, WPI international students regain legal status to study; visas still in question
April 29, 2025The 12 international students at Clark University and four at Worcester Polytechnic Institute whose legal statuses and visas were previously revoked are now able to continue their studies at the Worcester universities.
April 29, 2025
QCC board backs President Pedraja following union’s no-confidence vote
April 23, 2025"After careful consideration, the Board of Trustees expresses its continuing support of and confidence in President Luis Pedraja," QCC’s board of trustees wrote.
April 23, 2025
International loss: The crackdown on student visas will have long-term ramifications for the Central Mass. higher ed industry
Updated: April 21, 2025Central Massachusetts colleges and universities are now in the process of navigating international students fears and bracing themselves for how those students’ absences could impact their economic standing.
Updated: April 21, 2025
College presidents call Worcester endowment tax proposal short-sighted and ill-timed
April 18, 2025Presidents of five Worcester colleges and universities are pushing back against the non-binding ballot initiative asking voters if college endowments should be subject to a 0.5% tax.
April 18, 2025
UMass Chan lays off and furloughs 200 employees
April 17, 2025The layoffs and furloughs represent about 3% of UMass Chan’s entire workforce, which includes more than 6,500 employees total and more than 4,000 in Central Massachusetts.
April 17, 2025-
QCC union votes no confidence in President Pedraja following staff terminations
April 16, 2025Following the no-confidence vote, union members are now engaging in a practice of work-to-rule, where they only adhere to the minimum requirements of their contracts.
April 16, 2025 
Worcester to ask voters if college endowments should be taxed
April 16, 2025Both Mero-Carlson and Mayor Joseph Petty insisted these proposed mandatory payments to the city government are not a tax.
April 16, 2025
Worcester State receives $1.24M from former Becker College
April 16, 2025Worcester State University will establish two nursing endowment funds and a study abroad program following a $1.24-million gift from assets of the city’s former Becker College.
April 16, 2025
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