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A 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.
Gonzalez and other education, immigrant and disability advocates are flagging urgent concerns about federal threats to education rights for immigrant and disabled students.
The 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.
Employees at Discovery Museum, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Digital Federal Credit Union are advancing in their careers.
The state has launched a $25-million scholarship program for students looking to work within the state, with nearly half allocated to retroactive payments.
The 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.
Two 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.
Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner is the latest Central Massachusetts institution to receive a gift from the assets of former Becker College.
The 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.
"After careful consideration, the Board of Trustees expresses its continuing support of and confidence in President Luis Pedraja," QCC’s board of trustees wrote.
Central 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.
Presidents 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.
The 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.
Following 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.
Both Mero-Carlson and Mayor Joseph Petty insisted these proposed mandatory payments to the city government are not a tax.
Worcester 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.