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Higher education

  • Worcester Together fund grows to $2.75M, as Holy Cross students add $23K

    Monica Busch April 2, 2020

    Working for Worcester, a student-run nonprofit started at Holy Cross, raised $23,240.59 for the Worcester Together COVID-19 emergency response fund, the group announced in a joint press release with United Way of Central Massachusetts on Wednesday.

    Monica Busch April 2, 2020
  • QCC receives $298K science foundation grant for new robotics program

    Brad Kane March 31, 2020

    Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester on Tuesday announced the National Science Foundation had awarded it a $298,108 grant to develop a new robotics technician certificate program.

    Brad Kane March 31, 2020
  • Greater Worcester may be spared from worst of coronavirus recession

    Grant Welker Updated: March 30, 2020

    It isn’t heavily dependent on tourism or conventions, and it has relatively few hotel rooms. It isn’t home to any casinos and doesn’t host headquarters for any major airlines, energy companies, automakers or cruise lines, among others who have been

    Grant Welker Updated: March 30, 2020
  • Movers & Shakers for March 30, 2020

    Updated: March 30, 2020

    New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

    Updated: March 30, 2020
  • Mass. medical schools expedite 2020 graduation amid coronavirus crisis

    Monica Busch March 27, 2020

    Massachusetts medical schools are allowing their students to graduate three months earlier than usual this year, a move that could inject 700 additional physicians into the healthcare system during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, UMass Medical

    Monica Busch March 27, 2020
  • FSU donates medical supplies to MetroWest Medical Center

    Sam Bonacci March 26, 2020

    Framingham State University has donated more than $8,000 worth of medical supplies to the MetroWest Medical Center in response to organizations being asked to support healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Sam Bonacci March 26, 2020
  • Atlantic Union College sells additional Lancaster properties

    Grant Welker March 26, 2020

    The defunct Atlantic Union College has sold a series of small properties around its Lancaster campus in the last two months, nearly two years after holding its last courses.

    Grant Welker March 26, 2020
  • WPI employees collect, print medical supplies amid pandemic

    Monica Busch March 25, 2020

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute employees have mobilized to help provide medical providers with emergency supplies amid the COVID-19 crisis, the school announced in a press release this week.

    Monica Busch March 25, 2020
  • Lawmakers eye college refund plans as students learn remotely

    State House News Service March 24, 2020

    With many college students now learning remotely off-campus or while back living with their families, refunding the room and board payments for those students while they're away is going to be a "huge issue," according to the House chair of the

    State House News Service March 24, 2020
  • Central Mass. community colleges go entirely online

    Sam Bonacci and Grant Welker March 19, 2020

    Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner moved all classes online and ceased all face-to-face instruction for the rest of the semester.

    Sam Bonacci and Grant Welker March 19, 2020
  • Anna Maria to close for semester, take classes online

    Sam Bonacci March 18, 2020

    Anna Maria College in Paxton has joined an increasingly long list of area schools closing down in response to the coronavirus, announcing Tuesday all instruction will be moved online and all events will be canceled for the rest of the school year.

    Sam Bonacci March 18, 2020
  • Central Mass. executives still find golf to be the perfect combination of business development and leisure

    Grant Welker Updated: March 16, 2020

    Many Central Massachusetts executives see golf as not only a way to make or keep connections in the business world, but also as a passion.

    Grant Welker Updated: March 16, 2020
  • Assumption, Clark latest Central Mass. colleges to change courses due to outbreak

    Grant Welker March 13, 2020

    Worcester's Assumption College and Clark University are the latest colleges to delay classes or move them online as a safety precaution in reaction to the global spread of the coronavirus.

    Grant Welker March 13, 2020
  • Central Mass. colleges suspending in-person courses

    Grant Welker Updated: March 11, 2020

    UMass Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, College of the Holy Cross and Fitchburg State University have suspended in-person courses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Grant Welker Updated: March 11, 2020
  • DCU Center loses two conferences as businesses address coronavirus concerns

    Grant Welker March 11, 2020

    The coronavirus outbreak is forcing more companies to re-examine their operations, including those in Central Massachusetts.

    Grant Welker March 11, 2020
  • Assumption, Clark earn industry recognition

    Micah Wingell March 9, 2020

    The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and The Princeton Review have recognized Assumption College and Clark University, respectively.

    Micah Wingell March 9, 2020

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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.