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Coronavirus forces Assumption to suspend Rome operations
March 2, 2020Assumption College is temporarily shutting its Rome campus as the coronavirus outbreak has forced cautionary action in Italy.
March 2, 2020
Anna Maria signs partnership with French art school
March 2, 2020Anna Maria College has signed a five-year partnership with an art school in Paris, France to allow students of the Paxton school to study in Europe.
March 2, 2020
Movers & Shakers for March 2, 2020
Updated: March 2, 2020MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.
Updated: March 2, 2020
Anna Maria picks new CFO, CIO
February 25, 2020Anna Maria College in Paxton has named Alex Mowatt as vice president for finance and chief financial officer and Michael Miers as its new vice president for administration and chief information officer.
February 25, 2020
The Boardroom Gap III: Central Mass. has regressed in the percent of women in business leadership
Updated: February 17, 2020A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.
Updated: February 17, 2020
WPI launching international project school
February 7, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching what it is calling The Global School to expand one of its main academic features: Projects students undertake overseas.
February 7, 2020
Activists lobby for higher ed funding
February 5, 2020Fund Our Future, an education advocacy coalition that includes unions, faith groups and progressive organizations, gathered Tuesday to detail their fiscal 2021 proposal.
February 5, 2020
Framingham State opening new special needs center
January 23, 2020Framingham State University will open a new student services center in February to be the campus's first dedicated to those with varying disabilities.
January 23, 2020
Framingham State adding leadership master's degree
January 23, 2020Framingham State University will launch this fall a new master's degree program in organizational leadership.
January 23, 2020
Central Mass. colleges face admissions upheaval
Updated: January 20, 2020An industry-wide spike in the number of applications from high school students has complicated the fine-tuned formula for figuring out which students – and how many – will ultimately enroll.
Updated: January 20, 2020
WPI, Nichols make U.S. News & World Report online degree rankings
January 14, 2020Nichols College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have made the latest rankings out Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report on the best online degree programs.
January 14, 2020
WPI marks opening of new $17M PracticePoint facility
January 14, 2020Worcester Polytechnic Institute's new healthcare research facility, PracticePoint, offers a place for researchers to fail and start over when they need to, WPI President Laurie Leshin said Tuesday.
January 14, 2020
Clark University names 1987 graduate as new president
January 13, 2020Clark University named as its next president on Monday a 1987 graduate and an executive vice president at the University of Chicago.
January 13, 2020
State approves screening for colleges at risk of closure
January 10, 2020State higher education officials on Friday approved a new set of regulations that will govern how they screen colleges and universities for financial risks and potential closures.
January 10, 2020-
Central Mass. college enrollment grew 9% over decade
December 31, 2019When it comes to enrollment, it was a good decade to be Worcester Polytechnic Institute and MCPHS University. Both Worcester schools saw enrollment jump during the 2010s, leading the region in growth.
December 31, 2019 
Reliant Foundation awards a record amount of grants to Central and MetroWest nonprofits
December 26, 2019Reliant Foundation, a Worcester charity, has awarded $674,770 in grants to 50 health organizations in its most recent round of community grants.
December 26, 2019
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