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Higher education

  • 40 Under Forty 2019: Dr. Shirley D. Konneh, Ph.D., MBA

    August 16, 2019

    Konneh was raised by a single mother and has found success after emigrating from Nigeria, so she works hard to give back, particularly in diversity efforts.

    August 16, 2019
  • 40 Under Forty: Patrick D. Hare

    August 16, 2019

    Hare’s WSU duties include overseeing campus-wide activities and acting as a liaison to the board of trustees; but his actions go far beyond that, and well beyond the WSU campus.

    August 16, 2019
  • 40 Under Forty 2019: Gilmarie Antoniette Vongphakdy

    August 16, 2019

    Vongphakdy has grown QCC’s partnerships with community organizations and agencies in the Greater Worcester through its Future Focus Program.

    August 16, 2019
  • Salter College ordered to close, pay back $1.6M in student debt

    Zachary Comeau July 12, 2019

    A small for-profit technical college with a West Boylston campus will close and pay more than $1.6 million in debt relief to resolve allegations it misled students about student lending, program job placement and graduation rates. 

    Zachary Comeau July 12, 2019
  • Becker developing video game to prevent addiction

    Zachary Comeau July 11, 2019

    With a grant from the Worcester County District Attorney’s office, Worcester’s Becker College is developing a video game to help fight drug addiction. 

    Zachary Comeau July 11, 2019
  • WPI, Holy Cross named top value colleges in the state

    July 5, 2019

    Two Worcester colleges have been ranked in the top 10 value colleges in the state by a financial advising website. 

    July 5, 2019
  • Mount Wachusett adds math degree

    June 28, 2019

    Mount Wachusett Community College is adding a mathematics associate degree for the first time this fall.

    June 28, 2019
  • Atlantic Union College begins sale of properties a year after shutdown

    Zachary Comeau June 28, 2019

    Atlantic Union College, with no future uses in sight for the 135-acre property in Lancaster, has begun selling off properties, beginning with a $610,000 sale of a two-acre parcel. 

    Zachary Comeau June 28, 2019
  • Colleges: The SAT’s latest revision isn’t enough to embrace standardized testing again

    Devina Bhalla June 20, 2019

    Even as standardized tests try to regain some of their lost luster, nearly all Central Massachusetts colleges have found more holistic ways to assess applicants’ potential and aren’t looking back.

    Devina Bhalla June 20, 2019
  • Colleges need innovative leadership

    June 7, 2019

    Mount Ida College in Newton was not the first college to close in Massachusetts, but the suddenness of its demise and the way the closure left students in the lurch last year have had an oversized effect on the debate about financial transparency in

    June 7, 2019
  • Movers & Shakers: June 10

    June 7, 2019

    Check out the 17 movers and shakers landing new jobs in Central Mass.

    June 7, 2019
  • 2019 Power 50: Laurie Leshin

    May 24, 2019

    Leshin has led WPI since 2014, a time during which the school has built the $49-million Foisie Innovation Studio and Messenger Hall.

    May 24, 2019
  • 2019 Power 50: Susan West Engelkemeyer, Ph.D.

    May 24, 2019

    As the pool of traditional college applicants has dwindled, the business-focused college has held its own under the leadership of Engelkemeyer, its president since 2011.

    May 24, 2019
  • 2019 Power 50: F. Javier Cevallos

    May 24, 2019

    Ecuador-born and Puerto Rico-raised, Cevallos has been proactive in bringing more diversity to Framingham State in a city that itself is much more diverse than it used to be.

    May 24, 2019
  • Baker picks four Worcester leaders for Mass. Economic Development Planning Council

    Zachary Comeau May 15, 2019

    Four Worcester business and higher education leaders have been named to a new Massachusetts Economic Development Planning Council by Gov. Charlie Baker.

    Zachary Comeau May 15, 2019
  • Don't brand your company with whites-only images

    April 29, 2019

    If you want to attract people from all different backgrounds and all walks of life, make sure your public visual image is as diverse as possible.

    April 29, 2019

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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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.