Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Since 2020, more than half of Central Massachusetts’ colleges and universities have seen a transition in top leadership, with eight presidents leaving or announcing their departure in the last two years.

Students, faculty and staff wanting to participate in upcoming semesters must now be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Worcester schools the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Colleges in Central Massachusetts are due to receive an estimated $100 million among them under the latest federal pandemic aid program.

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.

After an eight-month search for a replacement to retired President Charles Monahan, MCPHS announced on Wednesday it has promoted Richard Lessard to the position permanently, after he has served as interim president since Monahan left in January.

College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have landed in the top 120 schools nationally in an annual Wall Street Journal ranking released Friday.

UMass Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, College of the Holy Cross and Fitchburg State University have suspended in-person courses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Charles Monahan, the president of MCPHS University for more than two decades and a Worcester native, will retire effective in January, the school announced Friday.

The public health director for Framingham, along with MCPHS University, will be honored in November for their community health work by Worcester's Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center.