Becker College

Becker College will stop operations at the close of the spring semester, but a few of its best known programs will live on through a Worcester neighbor, Clark University. Other area colleges said they're willing to help students find programs to transfer to nearby.

Becker College will permanently close at the end of the spring semester, the Worcester school announced Monday morning, bringing a growing crisis in higher education to the city.

With the future of Becker College still unclear, state higher education officials say they want to make...

Becker College, mired in financial problems that could put its long-term future at risk, is moving ahead with its spring graduation ceremony. But it's also making contingency plans for students potentially having to transfer elsewhere if the college were to close.

Becker College said Tuesday it is considering options for its future, including closing, amid financial uncertainty and other challenges, and after affiliation talks with another institution fell apart.

Parents of students at MCPHS University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute take out the most loans to pay for their children's education in Central Massachusetts, according to newly released federal data.

Central Massachusetts colleges have made it into the Princeton Review's annual rankings, including for best education and more niche categories — like where students study the least, get involved in Greek life or smoke the most cannabis.

This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.

Becker College in Worcester has become the third in the city this week to say it is shifting classes online for the fall semester as worries mount about rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts and travel restrictions in place from those coming from many other states.

Becker College in Worcester has been selected to join the inaugural cohort of First Scholars Network institutions, a group working for first-generation college students.