Education

David Jordan will step down as president of Seven Hills Foundation of Worcester on June 30 after 28 years leading the organization.

An 87,564-square-foot office building and associated parking lots in Worcester were sold for $18.3 million on Friday, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Massachusetts employers added 17,300 jobs in November, labor officials announced Friday, putting the state within striking distance of returning to a pre-pandemic level of employment.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner received $178,535 from the Massachusetts Campus Hunger-Free grant program to support the school’s effort to minimize food insecurity among its students.

The NCAA announced Thursday morning it picked Baker, a two-term Republican who opted not to seek reelection, as its next top leader to succeed Mark Emmert.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center of Burlington are moving forward with plans to establish a regional campus at Lahey Hospital.

Doubling the amount of state-funded financial aid for public higher education students to $400 million a year is among the recommendations a state board is making to capitalize on a "unique moment of opportunity" in education funding.

As cyberattacks increase in frequency and sophistication, the cybersecurity program at Assumption University in Worcester has been recognized by the National Security Agency.

Students took part in Fitchburg State University’s Future Educator Academy which recruits and trains students from traditionally underrepresented populations.

The Worcester Business Journal partnered with the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau on a new project examining how rent increases over the last decade have impacted the city and its businesses, as well as an historic look at how financial decisions rooted in racism 86 years ago have exacerbated the housing and workforce problems today.