Education

Canal Lofts developer to build $20M autism school in Lincoln Square

The City of Worcester is set to sell the long-vacant former Lincoln Square Boys Club building to a Boston-based developer for $300,000.

Five Worcester colleges among WSJ top 500 nationally

Five colleges in Worcester made this week's national ranking of the best colleges by the Wall Street Journal and the Times Higher Education.

MWCC joins MIT, BU in prison education consortium

Mount Wachusett Community College is joining the likes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 12 other Massachusetts colleges in a new prison education consortium.

Central Mass. schools serve up MBA options for busy professionals

Executives – or those on an executive track – are drawn to pursue a master of business administration degree for different reasons.

MCPHS has found fast growth over nearly two decades in Worcester

But no college has grown so exponentially in the nearly two decades MCPHS has been in Worcester, or contributed as much to a presence of higher education in the city's downtown.

MWCC lands $3.2M federal grant for healthcare education

Mount Wachusett Community College, armed with a $3.2-million federal grant for the next five years, will help create pathways to a healthcare education and career for 85 local students.

Fresh eyes on ophthalmology

In just two years as chair of ophthalmology at UMass Memorial, Dr. Shlomit Schaal has added eye surgery, new locations and two optometrists.

Holy Cross artist-in-residence resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations

An acclaimed organist has resigned from his post as distinguished artist-in-residence at Worcester's College of the Holy Cross amid sexual misconduct allegations.

Central Mass. could be nuclear training leader

Central Mass. universities could gain national recognition by having local universities, hospitals and industry working together to offer multi-disciplinary nuclear programs.