The testimony from students follows recent calls by K-12 education advocates in Massachusetts for the state to rethink the structure of Chapter 70 funding, which they say is currently forcing smaller, regional and rural districts into budget shortfalls.
Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is partnering with the city’s new entrepreneurship hub to support the business aspirations of its students.
Greater Worcester Community Foundation has received the largest donation in its 50-year history as the shuttered Becker College has pledged $13 million to the foundation.
Massachusetts public higher education leaders are painting a grim picture of the ability of their institutions and campuses to hire and retain faculty and staff, asking how the so-called "education state" can provide quality, affordable education to students under unsupportive educator conditions.Â
Throughout the next two to three years, Clark will sunset majors and minors in its Francophone studies, ancient civilization, and comparative literature. The university will redesign its studio arts major.
Gov. Maura Healey has spent the last few weeks using her bully pulpit to warn of a brain drain out of Massachusetts, as a consequence of President Donald Trump's cuts to research funding and the threat of foreign-born students being deported.
Worcester Technical High School has partnered with the construction firm behind one of the key developments in the Canal District: Randolph-based NEI General Contracting.