Education

Jack Calareso, the president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, will be leaving to take on a similar role at a Catholic college on Long Island.

Following up on a 2012 pledge supporting Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare, Natick-based MathWorks has pledged $2 million to support the development of massive online open courses – or MOOCs - through MITx, part of the school's online education programs, according to MIT.

Assumption College voted unanimously to extend the contract of President Francesco Cesareo through June 2020, the college announced Monday.

With applications jumping 53 percent over the past five years, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) announced record numbers for its 2018 undergraduate class.

Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday announced nearly $1 million in funding for life sciences-related capital projects at two area colleges.

Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) will receive a $500,000 grant for their engineering, science and technology center, the school announced.

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Worcester's EcoTarium will kick off a year-long innovation incubator with more than 100 participants this weekend.

Nichols College in Dudley will build a 27,500-square-foot academic building and finance other improvements, thanks to $20 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) announced two grants to support life sciences capital projects at area schools, with the larger sum, $3 million, awarded to Framingham State University (FSU) for major lab renovation projects.