Quinsigamond Community College

Four public institutions of higher education in Central Massachusetts are collaborating to guarantee qualifying students four years of post-secondary schooling for $30,000.

It's our annual look at three business executives in Central Massachusetts - and one organization - that have made big differences. This year's honorees come from four distinct industries. Here are their stories.

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

Money isn't the only barrier preventing some from going to college. But taxpayers can build an open...

The year we're about to leave - for some, maybe forget - saw several noteworthy business-related events in Central Massachusetts, but here's our consensus selections for the top five stories of 2014. As a staff, we unanimously agreed on the top story. There was little debate over the remaining four.

The construction of Quinsigamond Community College's QuEST (Quinsigamond Engineering, Science and Technology) Center is one step closer to completion, as the school celebrated the last phase of the building's steel construction with a “topping out” ceremony.

Nearly two months after launching its initial classes at its new Healthcare and Workforce Development Center in downtown Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College imprinted the “officially open for business” tag on the site Wednesday in a formal ceremony before about 300 people.

Quinsigamond Community College has received a $300,000 grant from one of Worcester's top private foundations for the school's new downtown Healthcare and Workforce Development Center, QCC announced Monday.

Central Mass. companies were among more than 1,600 manufacturers that opened their doors across the country for the third-annual Manufacturing Day , according to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which is spearheading the day of events along with several other national organizations.

Mount Wachusett and Quinsigamond community colleges will each receive $525,000 in federal funds to expand local workforce development programming with additional funds going to integrate and expand programming across the state's community colleges.