Education

Worcester's EcoTarium has become the first New England museum to partner with National Geographic in an agreement that will bring the educational organization's films and exhibits to the city.

Average SAT scores among Massachusetts public high school students in 2014 were flat in reading and math and down slightly in writing, but above the national average in all three areas

Women have made strides in raising venture capital in the last 15 years, but a wide gender gap persists, according to a Babson College study on the topic.

Mount Wachusett and Quinsigamond community colleges will each receive $525,000 in federal funds to expand local workforce development programming with additional funds going to integrate and expand programming across the state's community colleges.

The Porter and Chester Institute trade school will move its 40 employees and 225 students from two Westborough sites into a new Worcester location beginning in October, according to the organization.

Assumption College has put together an advisory board made up of national sports executives to help shape and grow its recently launched Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree concentration in sport business and leadership.

Worcester State University will name its civic engagement center after alumnus and longtime state representative John J. Binienda, who died last month, the school announced.

The number of colleges and universities offering courses and degrees in video game design has grown by half over the last five years, according to new research released by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).

Assumption College of Worcester has maintained its “A-minus” credit rating from Standard & Poor's after an assessment of the school's finances, which includes a record endowment fund balance, the school announced.

When the stock market tumbled in 2008 and touched off the Great Recession, the newest college graduates at the time scrambled for work. Six years later, the slowly improving job market has led to a new emphasis on the return on investment (ROI) from a college education by both parents and students.