College of the Holy Cross

An industry-wide spike in the number of applications from high school students has complicated the fine-tuned formula for figuring out which students – and how many – will ultimately enroll.

Central Massachusetts colleges and universities face a variety of pressures in the coming year, with shifting enrollment trends to new leadership to the need to impress incoming students.

Colleges with smaller endowments may be getting relatively poorer compared to deep-pocketed peers, but with the economy providing higher investment returns – and more donor support – nearly every Central Massachusetts college has seen endowments grow in the past decade or more.

Two Worcester colleges have been ranked in the top 10 value colleges in the state by a financial advising website. 

Colorado-based Good Chemistry will become the first to offer recreational marijuana sales in the city on Wednesday.

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The DCU Center is in line for as much as nearly $37 million worth of upgrades in the coming few years.

John Creedon Jr., the owner of the Worcester Bravehearts, is pursuing the purchase of the Nashua Silver Knights.

The College of the Holy Cross has begun demolishing its field house to make way for a new $30-million recreation and wellness center to be named after a major donor.