Colleges generally no longer see the SAT or ACT as necessary for gauging whether a student will be successful at their schools. In fact, many find such tests to only reinforce built-in advantages some students – largely wealthy ones – enjoy before they ever get to 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.
Ethan Lutz has been serving as an emergency medical technician in Worcester for the last four years. When the coronavirus pandemic was ravaging New York City last spring, the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent him to Queens, N.Y., to help.
In summer of 2020, Price was spending time with those closest to him, watching the Black Lives Matter movement expand in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and trying to figure out what he should do next.
Clark University in Worcester has secured a $10-million federal grant for workforce training in industries including information technology, advanced manufacturing, and transportation.
Fithian, a 1987 Clark graduate, was chosen for the job at the Worcester school in January, when he spoke of the importance of listening to the community’s needs and facing bold ideas.
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.
Clark University in Worcester is moving courses online earlier than planned out of concern for the spread of coronavirus on campus, according to news reports.