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Higher education

  • Assumption College named exclusive higher ed sponsor for WooSox

    Zachary Comeau October 25, 2018

    Assumption College will be the exclusive higher education sponsor of the future Worcester Red Sox, the Worcester college and ballclub jointly announced Thursday.

    Zachary Comeau October 25, 2018
  • Experts: Out-of-staters boost Mass. economy

    State House News Service October 16, 2018

    Economists have long argued that a labor crunch in Massachusetts, punctuated by an aging workforce and slow natural growth in the labor force and population, is serving as a brake on economic growth. They're changing their tune now.

    State House News Service October 16, 2018
  • As state economy grows, questions of where new labor is coming from

    State House News Service October 15, 2018

    The most recent numbers from the state show a sharp uptick in the labor force in Massachusetts. The question is where are those people coming from.

    State House News Service October 15, 2018
  • Leverage diversity to your benefit

    Bonnie J. Walker October 15, 2018

    Diversity is all the ways we are unique by demographics, beliefs, backgrounds, talents, capabilities, ideas, ways of living, generation and experience.

    Bonnie J. Walker October 15, 2018
  • MWCC, Fitchburg schools get $4.5M college readiness grant

    Zachary Comeau October 10, 2018

    Mount Wachusett Community College, with Fitchburg Public Schools, has received a $4.5-million federal grant to help more than 800 students navigate the path to college.

    Zachary Comeau October 10, 2018
  • Assumption adding nursing bachelor's program

    Grant Welker October 3, 2018

    Assumption College in Worcester said Tuesday it has received pre-requisite approval from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing for a bachelor's degree in nursing.

    Grant Welker October 3, 2018
  • Anna Maria tops Central Mass. colleges for gender leadership

    Grant Welker October 1, 2018

    Anna Maria College in Paxton tops Central Massachusetts colleges when it comes to gender parity, according to a new report weighing how equally women are represented on campuses.

    Grant Welker October 1, 2018
  • Report details gender gap in higher education

    State House News Service September 28, 2018

    Women account for almost half of all provosts and more than half of deans at Massachusetts colleges and universities, but only 31 percent of the presidents and chancellors, according to a new report that calls for added diversity to strengthen Bay

    State House News Service September 28, 2018
  • At QCC, Baker announces new part-time student aid

    Grant Welker September 25, 2018

    Massachusetts will invest an additional $7.1 million in student aid, with a focus on part-time community college students, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday at Quinsigamond Community College.

    Grant Welker September 25, 2018
  • FSU honored for diversity, inclusion efforts

    Zachary Comeau September 18, 2018

    Framingham State University is one of 96 colleges and universities in the country to be recognized by a higher education magazine for its efforts to support diversity and inclusion.

    Zachary Comeau September 18, 2018
  • Framingham State joins prison education consortium

    September 13, 2018

    Framingham State University has joined a group of colleges in Massachusetts that is working to expand college education access for those who are incarcerated.

    September 13, 2018
  • Canal Lofts developer to build $20M autism school in Lincoln Square

    Zachary Comeau September 10, 2018

    The City of Worcester is set to sell the long-vacant former Lincoln Square Boys Club building to a Boston-based developer for $300,000.

    Zachary Comeau September 10, 2018
  • Five Worcester colleges among WSJ top 500 nationally

    September 7, 2018

    Five colleges in Worcester made this week's national ranking of the best colleges by the Wall Street Journal and the Times Higher Education.

    September 7, 2018
  • MCPHS has found fast growth over nearly two decades in Worcester

    Grant Welker September 3, 2018

    But no college has grown so exponentially in the nearly two decades MCPHS has been in Worcester, or contributed as much to a presence of higher education in the city's downtown.

    Grant Welker September 3, 2018
  • 40 Under Forty: The most Worcester picnic there ever was

    Brad Kane August 28, 2018

    In Team Magnet School's attempt to win the contest to be on the cover of the most-read WBJ magazine of the year, they took their love of the city to a whole new level.

    Brad Kane August 28, 2018
  • Holy Cross artist-in-residence resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations

    Zachary Comeau August 24, 2018

    An acclaimed organist has resigned from his post as distinguished artist-in-residence at Worcester's College of the Holy Cross amid sexual misconduct allegations.

    Zachary Comeau August 24, 2018

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