Processing Your Payment
Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.
Higher education
-
The national $1.7T student debt crisis is burdening Central Mass. graduates, but finding solvency is complicated
Updated: July 26, 2021Efforts are underway from Central Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the political aisle to lessen the burden for borrowers.
Updated: July 26, 2021
New Nichols College president plans to expand the school's brand
Updated: July 26, 2021When students return to campus at Nichols College this fall, they will be greeted by a new face: Glenn Sulmasy, who began his term July 1 as president of the institution in Dudley.
Updated: July 26, 2021
Federal student debt relief to end in October
July 16, 2021A pause on federal student debt payments is slated to lapse on Oct. 1, and a new team within Attorney General Maura Healey's office is preparing for any confusion and questions borrowers might face after the relief program ends.
July 16, 2021
Becker campus in Leicester may be sold to town for $18M
July 15, 2021The Town of Leicester has entered into an agreement with former Becker College and has the option for full acquisition of its Leicester campus for $17.8 million, said Assistant Town Administrator Kristen Forsberg.
July 15, 2021
WPI to put more emphasis on teaching students in new tenure program
July 15, 2021Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has established a way for full-time teaching faculty to pursue tenure and extended contracts.
July 15, 2021
WPI settles lawsuit with late donor's ex-wife over $4.5M
July 15, 2021Janet Foisie, ex-wife of the late Worcester Polytechnic Institute donor and alum Robert Foisie, has reached an agreement to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit related to a $4.5-million donation her husband made to the school after the couple’s 2011
July 15, 2021
Mass. lags states in adopting college athlete compensation laws
July 14, 2021Now that college athletes are allowed by the NCAA to make money from endorsements and other business arrangements, lawmakers on the Higher Education Committee plan to study up on how other states have addressed the issue as the panel considers
July 14, 2021
Former Holy Cross professor sues school over firing in sexual misconduct investigation
July 9, 2021Christopher Dustin, a former philosophy professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, filed a 246-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, seeking to reverse his firing and provide unspecified damages for allegedly unfair
July 9, 2021
WBJ hires anti-corruption writer as new real estate, healthcare reporter
July 8, 2021On Wednesday, Katherine Hamilton joined the Worcester Business Journal newsroom, as a reporter primarily covering the real estate and healthcare industries.
July 8, 2021
Philadelphia Eagles give UMass Medical School $400K autism grant
July 6, 2021A UMass Medical School research team, led by Dr. David Cochran, has received a $400,000 grant from the Eagles Autism Foundation, affiliated with the Philadelphia Eagles.
July 6, 2021
Q&A: New $25M QCC manufacturing center will put the industry on display
June 22, 2021QCC President Dr. Luis Pedraja spoke with WBJ about the school’s plans for the facilities, and how it might help bolster the region’s manufacturing workforce.
June 22, 2021
WPI plucks new CFO from Illinois Institute of Technology
June 22, 2021Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has named Michael Horan as its new chief financial officer.
June 22, 2021
WBJ promotes Benevides to senior reporter
June 22, 2021Worcester Business Journal announced on Tuesday its manufacturing and diversity & inclusion reporter, Monica Benevides, has been promoted to the position of senior staff writer.
June 22, 2021
Colleges prepare for students to have academic, mental health challenges this fall
Updated: June 21, 2021A year of pandemic learning has emphasized key issues that existed before the pandemic and induced efforts to provide resources to these key areas.
Updated: June 21, 2021
Hiring WPI's global dean marks milestone in international projects program
Updated: June 21, 2021With Mimi Sheller of Philadelphia’s Drexel University just named incoming dean, The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic University has launched as a formalizing and furthering of something the university has done all along: global projects.
Updated: June 21, 2021
UMass Medical School division shifting 500 employees to remote work
June 17, 2021Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School in Worcester, will shift 500 employees to a work-from-home hybrid model, taking them out of the school’s 333 South St. location in Shrewsbury.
June 17, 2021
WBJ Web partners
Most Recent
