Education

David Jordan drops interim tag, becomes dean of Clark School of Management

Jordan told WBJ in October that Clark was one of the few organizations able to pull him out of his recent retirement from Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates.

🔒Reporting discrimination: New, but delayed, reporting requirements seek to identify bias in small business loan approvals and denials

While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.

State education commissioner to resign in March following six years of service

The commissioner wrote in his resignation letter that it was "the right time for me to pass the baton."

Discovery Museum set two records for donor support, program participation in 2023

A local hands-on museum aiming to educate children about science and nature in an entertaining manner saw a record number of people served in 2023.

🔒Q&A: From the Antiques Roadshow to the Willard House & Clock Museum

The study of time is an important science people today don’t appreciate, said Robert Cheney, executive director of Grafton’s Willard House & Clock Museum.

🔒Steady, but too SLOW: Less than 16% of top executives and zero CEOs at major Central Mass. publicly traded companies are women

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.

🔒Achieving diversity in higher education, without affirmative action

Halfway through her tenure as the university’s inaugural DEI fellow, Ilyasah Shabazz is helping Worcester State work to sustain an inclusive and welcoming environment

Nichols receives $1M anonymous donation for data science initiatives

Students at Nichols College studying data science will soon have more resources at their disposal, following a $1-million donation to the school from an anonymous donor.

Great Brook Valley residents now eligible for cannabis business ownership assistance program

Residents of Great Brook Valley in Worcester are now eligible to receive technical assistance and training to become business owners and employees in the legal cannabis industry.

Marlborough private school receives key accreditation, international approvals in expansion effort

NEASC accreditation and approval from ICE will help the school expand its student body, according to head of school Tom Woelper.

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