Education

Five colleges in Worcester have again made an annual ranking of the best colleges by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education.

Students starting classes Tuesday at Anna Maria College will come upon the first renovations to the school's campus center in decades.

Educating your workforce is a fundamental component in productivity and business advancement; however, one of the key items holding a company back from growth is its ability to educate and advance its workforce.

Marijuana has been a part of college campuses for dozens of years, but the drug is now finding its way into the classroom, as Central Massachusetts educators are opening their doors to the cannabis industry.

Colleges with smaller endowments may be getting relatively poorer compared to deep-pocketed peers, but with the economy providing higher investment returns – and more donor support – nearly every Central Massachusetts college has seen endowments grow in the past decade or more.

Four groups have submitted initial proposals to open new charter schools and three other existing charter schools requested to expand their enrollment.

A small for-profit technical college with a West Boylston campus will close and pay more than $1.6 million in debt relief to resolve allegations it misled students about student lending, program job placement and graduation rates. 

With a grant from the Worcester County District Attorney’s office, Worcester’s Becker College is developing a video game to help fight drug addiction. 

Two Worcester colleges have been ranked in the top 10 value colleges in the state by a financial advising website. 

Mount Wachusett Community College is adding a mathematics associate degree for the first time this fall.