Education

When students return to campus at Nichols College this fall, they will be greeted by a new face: Glenn Sulmasy, who began his term July 1 as president of the institution in Dudley.

On Thursday, Boston nonprofit American Student Assistance awarded a $450,000 grant to the Blackstone Valley Superintendents' Consortium to increase workforce training opportunities for high school students, particularly those from underserved populations. 

The Massachusetts unemployment rate in June dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 4.9% from the adjusted 5.0% in May, according to a Friday announcement from the state Executive office of Labor and Workforce Development.

A pause on federal student debt payments is slated to lapse on Oct. 1, and a new team within Attorney General Maura Healey's office is preparing for any confusion and questions borrowers might face after the relief program ends.

The Town of Leicester has entered into an agreement with former Becker College and has the option for full acquisition of its Leicester campus for $17.8 million, said Assistant Town Administrator Kristen Forsberg.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has established a way for full-time teaching faculty to pursue tenure and extended contracts.

Janet Foisie, ex-wife of the late Worcester Polytechnic Institute donor and alum Robert Foisie, has reached an agreement to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit related to a $4.5-million donation her husband made to the school after the couple’s 2011 divorce, federal court documents show.

Now that college athletes are allowed by the NCAA to make money from endorsements and other business arrangements, lawmakers on the Higher Education Committee plan to study up on how other states have addressed the issue as the panel considers whether Massachusetts should legislate guidelines of its own.

Christopher Dustin, a former philosophy professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, filed a 246-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, seeking to reverse his firing and provide unspecified damages for allegedly unfair termination.

On Wednesday, Katherine Hamilton joined the Worcester Business Journal newsroom, as a reporter primarily covering the real estate and healthcare industries.