Education

After 48 years with its founder as CEO, The New England Center for Children has a clinician as its new leader.

Dr. Linda Maykel has been appointed to chair the Quinsigamond Community College board of trustees.

Girls Inc. of Worcester has named Tiffany Lillie as its new CEO, months after its longtime CEO was put on leave after allegations of racial discrimination at the girl’s empowerment nonprofit.

While state spending has shifted recently with a renewed focus on making higher education more affordable, a new report found that enrollment at Massachusetts' public colleges and universities is down, which researchers partially blame on decades of disinvestment.

An affiliate of Imaginate Your Space, a designer and manufacturer specializing in upgrading school lunchrooms and other non-classroom areas, purchased a former auto body center in the Quinsigamond Village section of Worcester for $1.4 million.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has partnered with the Worcester Regional Food Hub to offer a selection of locally sourced foods at one of its dining halls.

Clark University faces questions about its commitment to the community as it plans to demolish and redevelop a block owned by the school.

Clark University is the first institution of higher education to join PLACE, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit data trust improving mapping of urban areas around the world and makes the data open and accessible.

The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is now offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in financial technology.

Vincent Strully Jr., founder of The New England Center for Children and CEO of the autism education organization for 48 years, has retired from the position and will step into an advisor role.