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Economic Forecast: Higher education’s future is less uncertain
Updated: December 21, 2020After finding their way through the dark in the fall semester, colleges look to navigate spring and fall 2021 semesters with fewer unknowns.
Updated: December 21, 2020
WPI awarded $3M for graduate data program
December 16, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute has won a $3-million grant from the National Science Foundation to start a graduate program aimed at helping to create more environmentally sustainable communities.
December 16, 2020
QCC giving free nursing training in 2021
December 15, 2020Quinsigamond Community College will offer free nurse assistant and home health aide training and administrative medical professional programs next year, thanks to grant funding.
December 15, 2020
Capacity limits mean less revenue at UMass campuses
December 14, 2020UMass President Marty Meehan said there is still "significant uncertainty related to spring enrollment." The likelihood of any additional federal aid also remains uncertain, Meehan said.
December 14, 2020
MCPHS, WPI parents take out the most loans, new federal data shows
December 11, 2020Parents of students at MCPHS University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute take out the most loans to pay for their children's education in Central Massachusetts, according to newly released federal data.
December 11, 2020
Fitchburg State gets $100K grant for nursing lab
December 9, 2020Fitchburg State University will make $100,000 worth of upgrades to its nursing simulation lab thanks to a grant from the Worcester-based George I. Alden Trust.
December 9, 2020
Boston nonprofit executive becomes first woman, person of color to lead WPI business school
December 9, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named an alumna, the Rev. Debora Jackson, as the new dean of the Robert A. Foisie Business School, the first woman and person of color to do so.
December 9, 2020
WPI pushes back start of spring semester
December 9, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute has moved back the start of its spring semester until late January, citing caution in light of rising coronavirus case numbers.
December 9, 2020
Nichols College spent $1M on testing and kept its COVID positivity rate at 0.1%
Updated: December 7, 2020Signs around the Nichols College campus in Dudley this fall urged students to “Keep the Herd Healthy” or “Keep One Bison Apart.”
Updated: December 7, 2020
Movers & Shakers for December 7, 2020
Updated: December 7, 2020People are on the move at Elevate Counseling Services, Anna Maria College, Open Sky Community Services and more.
Updated: December 7, 2020
Q&A: What the pandemic made permanent at Anna Maria College
Updated: December 7, 2020Like the majority of Central Massachusetts colleges, Anna Maria College decided to open its campus for the fall semester, with enhanced safety measures to protect against the coronavirus.
Updated: December 7, 2020
With COVID cases spiking, UMass Memorial & Medical School switch to emergency protocols
December 1, 2020UMass Memorial Health Care is shifting into an emergency operations plan because of a critically high number of patients, and UMass Medical School is expanding testing and travel protocols as coronavirus pandemic numbers continue to rise, leaders at
December 1, 2020
Assumption names its stadium after alumnus and Notre Dame coach
November 30, 2020For the past decade, Brian Kelly has coached one of the most famous teams in sports: Notre Dame football. It was at his alma mater, Assumption University in Worcester, where Kelly first made a name for himself in the sport.
November 30, 2020
UMass Medical School getting research funding boosts during pandemic
November 25, 2020UMass Medical School has received a major boost in federal and private research funding since the coronavirus pandemic began.
November 25, 2020
Worcester State moves classes online, increases testing
November 23, 2020Worcester State University is moving classes online starting Monday for a nine-day period and requiring residential students arriving back on campus after Thanksgiving break to either prove a negative coronavirus test or complete a test right away
November 23, 2020-
WPI latest to put restrictions in place as coronavirus cases rise
November 17, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday became the latest school to put new measures in place limiting campus activities as coronavirus case surge in Worcester and beyond.
November 17, 2020
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