Education

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester received a $5-million gift from alumni Donna and Robert Manning, the latter of whom chairs the UMass Board of Trustees.

Springtide Child Development, a Connecticut-based child health care center focusing on children on the autism spectrum, plans on opening a new location in Shrewsbury on Monday. 

Tuition across all University of Massachusetts campuses will increase this fall for the first time in three years, ending a pandemic-era freeze as the higher education system's leaders grapple with dark financial clouds on the horizon.

Assumption University in Worcester named Provost Greg Weiner its interim president as the university looks to replace President Francesco Cesareo, who will retire in June.

The project will be led by landscape architecture firm Derck & Edson, LLC, which is based in Pennsylvania, according to Anna Maria’s Wednesday press release announcing the project. Construction plans are about to move to the development phase.

The erosion of government support for higher education over the past 20 years has made obtaining a four-year degree increasingly inaccessible to low-income students in Massachusetts, particularly students of color, as tuition and fees increases have required greater borrowing, a new report shows.

The building, currently known as the Project Center, is to be renamed to the Laurie A. Leshin Global Project Center, according to the Thursday announcement from WPI.

Quinsigamond Community College received a $975,000 federal grant to purchase new technology, which will combine online and classroom learning.

College and university leaders need to prepare to "change as institutions" to help students of color feel more supported on campus and expand access to higher education among historically disadvantaged groups, a top state official said Monday.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will rename its Integrated Science Complex in honor of alumni Anthony Fauci, who helped guide top federal officials through the coronavirus pandemic.