Education

Laurie A. Leshin was inaugurated over the weekend as the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the first woman to hold the position in the school's 150-year history.

Assumption College will extend its tuition freeze to the class of 2019, a move the Worcester school says offers potential savings of $23,000 over four years, the college announced last week.

Legislation aimed at having school guidance counselors lead career planning efforts for Massachusetts students in grades 6 through 12 could be advanced by the House on Monday after being in committee for a year.

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Nearly two months after launching its initial classes at its new Healthcare and Workforce Development Center in downtown Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College imprinted the “officially open for business” tag on the site Wednesday in a formal ceremony before about 300 people.

Quinsigamond Community College has received a $300,000 grant from one of Worcester's top private foundations for the school's new downtown Healthcare and Workforce Development Center, QCC announced Monday.

Clark University will receive nearly a half-million dollars from two grants distributed by the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA) for a set of projects investigating the balance of carbon uptake and release across forests in the United States.

Anna Maria College of Paxton announced that it is now offering an online bachelor of science program in business administration, an accelerated model that's designed to cut the cost and length of pursuing an undergraduate degree in the field.

Worcester's DCU Center will host 1,300 educators, business officials and government officials Wednesday for the 11th annual Massachusetts STEM Summit.