Education

Massachusetts is estimated to have added 13,000 jobs in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in a report Thursday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Becker College president Robert Johnson has been chosen as the new chancellor for UMass Dartmouth after leading the small Worcester college for more than six years.

The Lancaster service agency Perkins has hired a new chief financial officer, Diane Fisk Johnson.

Despite huge success since opening a home healthcare agency in 2012, owners of Worcester-based Century Homecare are worried about planned changes to MassHealth reimbursement rates.

A business group focused on education reform has brought on the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce as an affiliate.

College students filled the State House Wednesday, pressing for increases in state funds, which supplement tuition and fees and campus revenues to finance the state's public higher education network.

Higher Education Commissioner Carlos Santiago held a listening session with international and immigrant students who shared concerns about recent and forthcoming federal actions around immigration.

It ranks 47th in affordability, but when more than 60 other metrics were applied Massachusetts emerged as the best state in the country, according to rankings released on Tuesday.

The workforce in the Congressional district covering most of Central Massachusetts has college loan debts averaging $33,000 per resident, according to a new report.

Robert Johnson, president of Becker College in Worcester, is one of three finalists for the UMass Dartmouth chancellor position, the system announced Wednesday.