Nichols College

James Coghlin Sr., co-founder and chairman of Worcester manufacturing conglomerate Coghlin Cos., and wife Nancy have donated $25,000 to his alma mater Nichols College to establish the James '67 and Nancy Coghlin Endowed Scholarship for incoming or transfer students.

Worcester State University criminal justice majors will be able to get a master's degree in counter-terrorism a year ahead of time under a new agreement with Nichols College in Dudley.

There is healthy conflict, and then there is toxic conflict.

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.

Milford Federal Bank has appointed a new CFO, and promoted a new senior vice president and vice president.

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.

Nichols College has partnered with a regional accounting firm to offer a graduate curriculum tailored for the company's employees.

Whitinsville-based UniBank has named Douglas Moisan, a former Commerce Bank finance executive, as its new chief financial officer and senior vice president.

Nichols College began offering courses in Marlborough for the first time during the just-completed school year, but later this month it will ceremonially mark its expansion into MetroWest.

Six Central Massachusetts colleges will take part in an event at the soon-to-close Mount Ida College to offer options to students who will have to continue their education elsewhere.