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Higher education

  • Q&A: Clark marijuana graduate plans to advocate for research

    Brad Kane March 3, 2020

    In February, Jennifer Roy, founder of Worcester marketing firm Jen Roy PR, was in the first class to complete the Clark University graduate certificate program for cannabis regulatory affairs.

    Brad Kane March 3, 2020
  • Becker College ranked 2nd globally for undergraduate game design

    Sam Bonacci March 3, 2020

    Worcester’s Becker College has been ranked the No. 2 undergraduate school in the world for game design by Princeton Review, moving up from last year’s No. 3 position.

    Sam Bonacci March 3, 2020
  • WPI cancels summer programs in China, Taiwan

    Grant Welker March 3, 2020

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has canceled summer programs in China and Taiwan out of concern of risks associated with coronavirus and is requiring students in Bangkok to head home.

    Grant Welker March 3, 2020
  • Coronavirus forces Assumption to suspend Rome operations

    Grant Welker March 2, 2020

    Assumption College is temporarily shutting its Rome campus as the coronavirus outbreak has forced cautionary action in Italy.

    Grant Welker March 2, 2020
  • Anna Maria signs partnership with French art school

    March 2, 2020

    Anna 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, 2020

    MassEcon, 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, 2020

    Anna 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

    Grant Welker Updated: February 17, 2020

    A 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.

    Grant Welker Updated: February 17, 2020
  • WPI launching international project school

    February 7, 2020

    Worcester 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

    State House News February 5, 2020

    Fund Our Future, an education advocacy coalition that includes unions, faith groups and progressive organizations, gathered Tuesday to detail their fiscal 2021 proposal.

    State House News February 5, 2020
  • Framingham State opening new special needs center

    January 23, 2020

    Framingham 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

    Grant Welker January 23, 2020

    Framingham State University will launch this fall a new master's degree program in organizational leadership.

    Grant Welker January 23, 2020
  • Central Mass. colleges face admissions upheaval

    Grant Welker Updated: January 20, 2020

    An 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.

    Grant Welker Updated: January 20, 2020
  • WPI, Nichols make U.S. News & World Report online degree rankings

    January 14, 2020

    Nichols 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

    Grant Welker January 14, 2020

    Worcester 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.

    Grant Welker January 14, 2020
  • Clark University names 1987 graduate as new president

    Grant Welker January 13, 2020

    Clark University named as its next president on Monday a 1987 graduate and an executive vice president at the University of Chicago.

    Grant Welker January 13, 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.