Education

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester announced on Friday it has named Heather Hayes as the school’s new vice president and chief of staff.

The pressure on the Baker administration to require masks in classrooms this fall gained a strong voice Friday when Senate President Karen Spilka formally called on the governor to require universal masking in schools.

With new rules being put in place to protect student loan borrowers from unfair lending practices, state Sen. Eric Lesser urged the Division of Banks on Wednesday to reduce the burden of proof that proposed regulations would put on Attorney General Maura Healey's office to bring a claim against a student loan company.

Nichols College in Dudley has named Jean Beaupre, faculty advisor to the school's Institute for Women's Leadership and associate professor of communication and marketing, as associate dean for academic affairs.

Six colleges, led by Framingham State University, including the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, have received a $441,367 grant from the U.S. Department of Education in order to test a hypothesis students in underrepresented groups will perform better academically when provided free, culturally-relevant course materials.

Anna Maria College in Paxton announced on Tuesday it has named Hugh Drummond as its new Vice President for External Relations and Chief Communications Officer.

The School of Management at Clark University is launching a bachelor’s in marketing program in response to student interest and market demand, the Worcester school announced on Thursday.

Andrew Clark, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop a second line of cyber defense for systems that have been hacked, the school announced on Wednesday.

Sloane M. Perron, an adjunct professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, has joined the WBJ newsroom as a staff writer, primarily covering banking & finance.

Efforts are underway from Central Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the political aisle to lessen the burden for borrowers.