Education

Just days after Clark University in Worcester announced it would establish the Becker School of Design & Technology, aimed at absorbing a portion of programming at Becker College, which is closing after the spring semester, Clark has received $250,000 in seed funding for the initiative. 

UMass Medical School has long been a major component of the UMass system's research operations, itself a growing priority of the university and a point of pride for its national standing.

The Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations has certified the ability of doctors in training at UMass Medical School to collectively bargain, according to the union those doctors voted to join.

Becker College will stop operations at the close of the spring semester, but a few of its best known programs will live on through a Worcester neighbor, Clark University. Other area colleges said they're willing to help students find programs to transfer to nearby.

Becker College will permanently close at the end of the spring semester, the Worcester school announced Monday morning, bringing a growing crisis in higher education to the city.

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Framingham State University is the latest Central Massachusetts college to plan a generally typical fall semester after the coronavirus pandemic upended this school year.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is freezing its tuition and fees for 2021, the school announced on Thursday, citing concerns about how the coronavirus pandemic has financially impacted its current and future students.

Javier Cevallos, the president of Framingham State University since 2014, will retire after the upcoming 2021-'22 school year, he told the campus community in an email Thursday.

Worcester State University will freeze tuition for the upcoming academic year and will hold courses in-person this fall, the school said Sunday.