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When Babson College came in first in Money Magazine's 2014 college rankings for educational value, beating out mainstays such as Harvard, it served notice to academia that the trade- and career-focused schools that had been perceived as ankle-biters to the established big dogs had drawn blood.

Central Massachusetts, especially Worcester, is home to a number of nonprofits and other tax-exempt organizations. Last year, more than 30 percent of all land in the city was tax exempt.

Does business have any responsibility in addressing social issues or needs?

LEO J. IRAKLIOTIS has been appointed as Becker College’s new provost and vice president of academic affairs....

<i>(Editor's Note: Inspiration and Innovation, which focuses on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, is a new column written by Jeff Schiebe that will run in every other edition of the Worcester Business Journal.)</i>

For colleges in Central Massachusetts and around the country, the 2013-2014 academic year put the recession in the rear-view mirror.

Amid a growing need for more space and facilities, Worcester's colleges have undertaken multi-million-dollar projects that are...

A recent Clark University poll revealed somewhat surprising results about today's 20- and 30-somethings' take on life: They're largely content and optimistic about the future.

Anything worth doing in the first place is usually worth repeating. When we launched our first “Best of Business” awards contest last year, we were dipping our toe into unfamiliar waters. Yet we thought it was a worthwhile idea to do it again. So, here are our readers' picks of 39 companies in Central Massachusetts that stand out.

A NASA grant to study the effects of melting Arctic Ocean ice has been awarded to a research group that includes a Clark University professor who will oversee $614,000 in funding for the project.