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Higher education

  • Level up: Fitchburg State's game design program puts it near forefront of $57B industry

    Timothy Doyle Updated: May 29, 2023

    Fitchburg State's game design program positions students and the school near the forefront of a $57 billion industry.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: May 29, 2023
  • As it looks to sell Shrewsbury campus, UMass moves president’s office to Westborough

    Timothy Doyle May 24, 2023

    The University of Massachusetts president’s office is relocating from its current offices in Shrewsbury to 50 Washington St. in Westborough.

    Timothy Doyle May 24, 2023
  • WPI dean named to NIH council, to help make research recommendations

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023

    Jean King, the dean of school of arts and sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been named to a top council at the National Institutes of Health.

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023
  • Worcester State, Guild of St. Agnes open $8M childcare facility in former bowling alley

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023

    The Guild of St. Agnes, a nonprofit childcare profit childcare agency, opened a new child care and early education center in Worcester in collaboration with Worcester State University on Thursday.

    Isabel Tehan May 19, 2023
  • Plans coming together for public higher ed investments

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 16, 2023

    As the House and Senate prepare for budget negotiations to get underway in a few weeks, a coalition advocating for debt-free public higher education is making a final push for historic investments into the sector with the advent of newly available

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 16, 2023
  • Former Worcester city manager named Mass. housing secretary

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 15, 2023

    Gov. Maura Healey has named Edward Augustus as state housing secretary, according to a source familiar with the process, turning to a former state senator and Worcester city manager to serve as point person on one of her top priorities.

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service May 15, 2023
  • Report: Polar Park will run $40-60M deficit for Worcester city government

    Kevin Koczwara May 11, 2023

    An academic paper has used the $160-million Polar Park in Worcester as one of two examples of the problem of the pro forma model, saying the ballpark will saddle the city government with fiscal deficits up to $60 million.

    Kevin Koczwara May 11, 2023
  • UMass Chan ranked 13 for primary care education in US News & World Report

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023

    The T.H.Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester ranks 13th in the nation and first in New England for primary care education in the U.S. News and World Report.

    Timothy Doyle May 11, 2023
  • Anna Maria granted $1M to improve healthcare training programs

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023

    Anna Maria College in Paxton will receive $1 million in federal funding for its nursing programs and to upgrade its clinical simulation lab.

    Isabel Tehan May 4, 2023
  • Natick-based online mental health provider raises $30M

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023

    Uwill, an online mental health and wellness solution founded in 2020 to supplement campus counseling centers facing high student demand for support, has completed a $30-million Series A funding round.

    Isabel Tehan May 3, 2023
  • MWCC granted $350K to train EV maintenance technicians

    Timothy Doyle May 2, 2023

    The National Science Foundation awarded Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner a $350,000 grant to train electric vehicle technicians.

    Timothy Doyle May 2, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Parth Chakrabarti

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Parth Chakrabarti is responsible for growing the size, financials, and reach of the UMass Chan research enterprise.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Shannon George

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Shannon can be found George pounding the pavement with students, hospital workers, and other union members, navigating the noise to get the union's message out.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Vincent Strully, Jr.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Vincent Strully established the first NECC program in 1975, and since then has built from there to include a day school, a residential program, a classroom model for use within public schools, a consulting practice, a research center, onsite

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Mike O’Kronley

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Under Mike O’Kronley’s leadership, Ascend closed $300 million in a funding round in 2022, and the company received more than $480 million grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, where O’Kronley participated in a press conference with President

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Dr. Lynda Young

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    In early 2023, Young was named chair of the board of trustees at UMass Memorial Health, making her the first female chair of the largest employer in Central Massachusetts.

    Updated: May 1, 2023

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.