Becker College, which closed in 2021, donated $13 million to the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for a new scholarship ...

WORCESTER — Three Central Massachusetts college leaders have signed a letter decrying the Trump administration for its actions against higher education. The letter, which was signed by more than ...

Batista regarding new or expanded PILOT programs and other ... investment is not a tax but rather an investment from the colleges for Worcester’s future. Petty said that there is a return ...

STUDENTS in the city have been boosted by a cash award to install new outdoor play equipment. New College Worcester (NCW) has been handed £18,500 by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Worcester voters will be prompted with a non-binding ballot question in November asking them if the city’s private colleges and universities should be required to invest 0.5% of their endowment ...

Presidents of five Worcester colleges and universities are pushing back against the City Council’s decision to move forward with a non-binding ballot initiative asking voters if college ...

The relationship between the city of Worcester and the colleges it hosts may get more fraught. Now, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty and Worcester City Council Economic Development Committee Chair ...

The challenges and opportunities facing the city, particularly in relation to our private colleges, require new approaches and constructs to ensure Worcester’s financial and economic success ...

The total endowment of Worcester’s five private colleges and universities is estimated ... as well as needed new housing that creates jobs and economic expansion within the city and still ...

“We need a new construct and parameters in how we work with our colleges and universities. A community impact fund or loan pool is a model whereby, through a very modest investment of their ...