Education

In bid for students, marketing for Central Massachusetts higher education turns to dollars and cents.

Mount Wachusett Community College has partnered with Northeastern University to allow MWCC graduates to seamlessly transfer into Northeastern's College of Professional Studies to pursue a bachelor's degree.

Lawmakers representing the state's mid-sized, lower-income cities plan to lobby for more school aid in the House version of the budget.

Dr. David Shepro came to the Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer and Wellness Center two years ago after the system owned by Texas-based Tenet Healthcare opened the $23-million facility in 2013. He works directly with cancer patients and oversees the medical care at the center.

Numerous area organizations are pooling resources and joining forces to combat youth obesity, which affects more than a third of local children and teenagers.

Ascentria Care Alliance will manage a pilot program aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of refugees in Worcester as they transition into the community.

The Princeton Review has ranked Worcester's Becker College fifth in the nation when it comes to game design education.

The Mount Wachusett Community College Advanced Manufacturing Program has been recognized for linking the community, businesses and education in the North Central Massachusetts region.

The state's educational establishment on Monday lent support to a hot-button bill allowing transgender people to use locker rooms associated with their identified gender rather than their anatomical sex.

The new dean of WPI's business school has focused on WPI's strengths of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and sought to ensure every WPI student leaves school with some degree of business education.