Education

Assumption College laid off 15 staff members this week as the Worcester school tries to respond to growing cost pressures it says the entire higher education industry is facing.

Assumption College has unveiled a new plan aimed at cutting costs for students and their families.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Wednesday announced a $2.5-million training grant for software and educational materials that will teach Massachusetts vocational students new skills in advanced high-tech machinery.

Massachusetts continued to lead the nation in output per capita in innovation sectors, but is falling behind some of the other leading technology states in education funding and achievement, according to a study released Monday.

Two robotics engineering professors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are being awarded a combined $1.04 million over the next three years to study how robots can help out in manufacturing plants and in homes with elderly residents.

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A $2.5-million donation from a Connecticut couple has brought the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine halfway to its fund-raising goal to renovate and expand one of its teaching hospitals in Grafton.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has tapped a geochemist and space scientist with both academic and governmental expertise as its next president.

Assumption College is promoting its director of finance to the role of vice president for administration and finance/treasurer, effective June 1.

Nichols College has received a $1 million donation commitment from its chairman of the board of trustees.