Education

Dean College in Franklin has changed plans for the fall semester, electing to hold all classes and activities online for the fall semester as the coronavirus pandemic has worsened across the country over the summer.

Devina Bhalla, a junior at Tufts University in Medford and an editorial intern at Worcester Business Journal, joins the WBJ Podcast to discuss how the world for the emerging workforce has turned upside down in the past four months.

Clark University’s School of Professional Studies, located in Worcester, will launch a master’s degree in project management beginning in spring, the school announced last week.

The Senate this week plans to mark the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by taking up a bill addressing disability rights in higher education, one of four bills that were moving in the Senate Ways and Means Committee ahead of Monday's session.

Nichols College, which expects to welcome students for the fall semester starting Aug. 26, said Friday it will provide free regular coronavirus testing for students, faculty and staff.

With the sudden closure of its store in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, used and rare bookseller Bedlam Book Cafe of Worcester had to rethink its business and shift to online platforms.

One week after the federal government agreed to walk back a controversial policy banning international students from staying on American soil if they take online-only courses this fall, attorneys general in more than a dozen states warned that students are still being told they will not qualify for visas.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester was awarded a $2.4 million contract from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC to lead a program aimed at developing low-cost, fast-charging batteries for electric vehicles, according to a press release. 

Members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association plan to fight budget cuts at the University of Massachusetts, which the teacher's union leadership says will weaken the five-campus system.

UMass labor representatives flagged concerns with the plans during Monday's call, urging campus leaders to embrace more defined plans for providing personal protective equipment and cleaning and to seek alternate ways to balance the budget rather than imposing cuts.