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Worcester colleges call for systematic changes in wake of George Floyd killing
June 2, 2020As protests continue across America over the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — including a protest in Worcester on Monday night — the presidents of six Worcester colleges expressed frustration over racial injustice and sympathy
June 2, 2020
Fitchburg State, Framingham State receive $200K for student benefits
June 2, 2020Fitchburg State University and Framingham State University have each received $100,000 grants, both schools announced Monday.
June 2, 2020
Mass. college presidents detail fall semester possibilities
May 27, 2020If or when college students return to Massachusetts campuses this fall, little is likely to look familiar. Small classes might be moved into larger classrooms to allow for proper spacing between desks. Dining halls might have prepared food for carry
May 27, 2020
2020 Power 50: Kola A. Akindele
Updated: May 25, 2020Since UMMS was founded nearly 50 years ago, it has been a generator of healthcare professionals, medical research, and biomedical companies. Akindele, though, ensures the 6,000-employee, $1-billion organization contributes in other ways.
Updated: May 25, 2020
2020 Power 50: Laurie Leshin
Updated: May 25, 2020When Gov. Charlie Baker needed someone from the higher education industry to serve on his advisory board on how to best reopen the Mass. economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, he turned to Leshin.
Updated: May 25, 2020
Every member of WBJ Power 50 since 2013
Updated: May 25, 2020Here’s the list of all 181 professionals who have been named to a Power list & the years they were listed.
Updated: May 25, 2020
2020 Power 50: Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
Updated: May 25, 2020Boroughs, president since 2012, has been a master fundraiser, as the school's endowment ballooned close to $800 million heading into the 2018-19 school year and the college wraps up a $400-million fundraising campaign in June.
Updated: May 25, 2020
2020 Power 50: Dr. Luis G. Pedraja
Updated: May 25, 2020Enrollment at Quinsigamond Community College spiked during the Great Recession as people out of work turned to new job training to get their careers back in motion. The same vital role for QCC appears headed into a period in some ways could be far
Updated: May 25, 2020
The 2020 most influential people in Central Mass. business
Updated: May 25, 2020It’s not about having power. It’s about using it.
Updated: May 25, 2020
2020 Power 50: Michelle Jones-Johnson
Updated: May 25, 2020Knowing talent is dispersed equally throughout the population but opportunity isn’t, since coming to WPI Jones-Johnson has focused on attracting, developing, and retaining talent distinguishing WPI in the competitive marketplace.
Updated: May 25, 2020
2020 Power 50: Michael F. Collins, MD
Updated: May 25, 2020Collins is by far the longest tenured of any leader in the UMass system. That’s brought stability to UMass Medical School as well as results.
Updated: May 25, 2020
Higher ed leaders prepping for uncertain future
May 21, 2020Instituting a change at a college or university has been compared to "trying to move a cemetery," Emerson College President Lee Pelton said during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce panel Wednesday.
May 21, 2020
UMass president proposes tuition freeze in light of pandemic
May 20, 2020UMass President Marty Meehan will recommend the university network's board of trustees vote to freeze tuition for the university's 50,000 in-state undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year, citing concerns about how the coronavirus has
May 20, 2020
QCC receives $450K for nontraditional student program
May 18, 2020Quinsigamond Community College’s Future Focus program has received a $450,000 Adult Education Transition to Community College Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the school announced on Monday.
May 18, 2020
Quinsigamond Community College to offer 20 free business classes
May 14, 2020In an effort to help support the local business community, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will offer 20 free online business classes for business owners and their workforces, the school announced on Thursday.
May 14, 2020
UMass Medical School receives slice of $17M coronavirus research funding
May 14, 2020Three coronavirus-related research projects at UMass Medical School have received funding as part of a statewide initiative, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.
May 14, 2020
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