Education

The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) announced plans Monday to open a regional clinical campus of the Worcester-based medical school in Springfield along with Baystate Health and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Relaying stories of adjunct faculty at community colleges unable to pay for dental work or more than one meal in a day, members of the higher education community on Wednesday pushed lawmakers to increase the job prospects for part-time college educators.

University of Massachusetts students expressed disappointment on Wednesday as UMass trustees advanced a proposal raising the cost of attending any of the system's four undergraduate campuses.

A panel of University of Massachusetts trustees on Wednesday signed off on hiking student costs for the 2015-2016 school year, saying the exact increase will depend on how much the university system will receive in state aid.

John E. Luth and his wife, Dr. Joanne Chouinard-Luth, have donated $32.5 million to the College of the Holy Cross, the school announced Tuesday.

MCPHS University has branched into a new area of study after acquiring the New England School of...

Becker College has agreed to establish a center that will focus on how business can identify and solve social problems, working with the Seven Hills Foundation, the Worcester school announced.

Members of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce are being asked for their feedback on vocational technical high schools that the chamber says will help properly prepare students for jobs.

Assumption College will introduce a new bachelor's degree program in actuarial science in the fall.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester and the medical school at Trinity College Dublin are strengthening their decade-long collaboration.