Four Worcester colleges made Top 20 lists in The Princeton Review's annual college rankings released earlier this month, although some probably wish they had not.
Central Massachusetts colleges say they don't expect to change their admissions reviews as a result of the Trump Administration's advisement that colleges no longer consider a student's race or ethnicity in the admissions process.
Seven Hills Foundation extends far beyond its Worcester base, to 160 locations in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and seven countries abroad, with more than 4,000 employees and a budget of $223 million.
O'Sullivan is something of a godfather for the biomanufacturing surge in Worcester, having run the MBI incubator for 33 years and playing an active role in Worcester redevelopment efforts through the Economic Development Coordinating Council.
At a time when colleges are battling high costs and a shrinking pool of high school graduates, they are increasingly turning for growth to an area where they don't need to recruit students, house them in dorms or feed them in dining halls.