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Higher education

  • Saint Vincent, Assumption partner to train nursing students at hospital

    Isabel Tehan January 27, 2023

    Assumption University and Saint Vincent Hospital are partnering for a program to give 15 students hands-on clinical experience and provide the hospital with a pipeline of prospective nurses.

    Isabel Tehan January 27, 2023
  • Following student deaths, WPI opens wellness center to promote mental health

    Isabel Tehan January 27, 2023

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Thursday cut the ribbon to open its Center for Well-Being, which adds a dedicated space for wellness programming to the campus and centralizes student services.

    Isabel Tehan January 27, 2023
  • Higher ed chair backs $335M in new aid investments

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service January 26, 2023

    Higher education advocates are escalating their calls to steer a large portion of the more than $1 billion in anticipated income surtax revenues to students who attend public colleges and universities.

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service January 26, 2023
  • Holy Cross names alumnus as new provost and dean

    Timothy Doyle January 24, 2023

    The College of the Holy Cross has hired Elliott Visconsi, an administrator from the University of Notre Dame and a Holy Cross alumnus, to be the Worcester school’s next provost and dean of the college.

    Timothy Doyle January 24, 2023
  • MWCC, vocational schools granted $1.6M to partner with businesses on skills training

    Timothy Doyle January 24, 2023

    Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, along with three Central Massachusetts vocational schools and the nonprofit Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Auburn, received $1.57 million in funding for workforce development

    Timothy Doyle January 24, 2023
  • Investor buys three Fitchburg properties for $1.5M

    Timothy Doyle January 23, 2023

    Merrimack Valley Realty Group, LLC of Lawrence, owned by Bernard Goulet, purchased three multi-family properties in Fitchburg totaling 18 units.

    Timothy Doyle January 23, 2023
  • Number of Mass. workers represented by unions grows 3%

    Timothy Doyle January 19, 2023

    The number of Massachusetts workers represented by unions grew by 3.23% to 447,000 in 2022, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Data Statistics.

    Timothy Doyle January 19, 2023
  • Framingham State names new director of entrepreneurship center

    Timothy Doyle January 13, 2023

    Framingham State University has named Christimara Garcia as director of its Entrepreneur Innovation Center.

    Timothy Doyle January 13, 2023
  • Clark’s School of Management partners with India management school

    Timothy Doyle January 13, 2023

    The School of Management at Worcester’s Clark University has formed a partnership with Indian Institute of Management Shillong in India.

    Timothy Doyle January 13, 2023
  • WPI partners with Chicago investment firm to reduce carbon footprint

    Timothy Doyle January 11, 2023

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Chicago investment firm Harrison Street announced a partnership on Tuesday aimed at reducing WPI’s carbon footprint by expanding energy-conservation measures, improving WPI’s power plant, and developing

    Timothy Doyle January 11, 2023
  • Nichols College receives $100K from alum to raise school profile

    Timothy Doyle January 11, 2023

    David Bedard has committed $100,000 to Nichols College in Dudley to support strategies designed to increase the prominence of the school regionally and nationally, according to a Wednesday press release from the college.

    Timothy Doyle January 11, 2023
  • Clark offering discounted tuition to members of Worcester chamber

    Timothy Doyle January 10, 2023

    Clark University in Worcester is offering a 25% tuition discount on graduate programs offered through its School of Management to eligible full- and part-time employees of organizations who are members of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

    Timothy Doyle January 10, 2023
  • WBJ names the 2023 Best of Business winners

    Brad Kane Updated: January 9, 2023

    WBJ’s Best of Business awards are centered around one idea: referrals.

    Brad Kane Updated: January 9, 2023
  • Movers & Shakers for Jan. 9, 2023

    Updated: January 9, 2023

    People are on the move at UMass Memorial Health, Bay State Savings Bank, and more.

    Updated: January 9, 2023
  • Best of Business 2023: Best Employee Services

    Updated: January 9, 2023

    See which organizations won the categories Best Golf Club for Corporate Outing, Best Venue for an Employee Outing, Best Staffing Agency, Best Employee Benefits Consultant, Best Professional Training Company, Best College for Business Education, and

    Updated: January 9, 2023
  • BU grad joins WBJ newsroom to lead healthcare, diversity & inclusion coverage

    January 6, 2023

    Isabel Tehan, a 2022 graduate of the Boston University master’s program in journalism and former intern at the Philadelphia Business Journal, has been hired by Worcester Business Journal as its newest staff writer.

    January 6, 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.