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Colleges seek out cheaper students as fewer traditional students apply

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.

Boys & Girls Club partners with Microsoft to get Worcester children excited about STEM

Washington tech giant Microsoft brought its pilot program to the club this spring to introduce dozens of members ages 10 to 17 to computer tools for learning about STEAM fields.

Movers & Shakers

RYAN LANDRY is the new assistant vice president and senior consumer loan underwriter for UniBank. Landry, who...

Care.com co-founder joins WPI entrepreneurial push

Donna Levin, the co-founder of online babysitting and nannying service Care.com, has been named to the newly created position of executive director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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The age of the Worcester skyscraper has been replaced by street-level interactions

The age of building vertically stopped in the city nearly 30 years ago, as new developments focus on tying into the walking community.

Movers & Shakers

Twenty-one Central Mass. workers and their organizations reported to the WBJ that they have landed new jobs this month.

WPI given $12M unrestricted donation

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been given one of the largest gifts in its history, a $12-million donation that is unrestricted in how the funds can be used.

WPI using $240K grant to address gender, racial biases

Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $240,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation to help teach WPI students how to call out biases in race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status or national origin.
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Movers & Shakers

Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester, Harrington Physician Services and AdCare Hospital are some of several Central Massachusetts companies to recently announce new hires.

Study: WPI is fifth-best value for colleges in Mass.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is the fifth-best value among Massachusetts colleges thanks to its high starting pay for graduates and relatively high rate of scholarships and grants, a report says.
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