Massachusetts college student struggles to get home ahead of Hurricane Milton
TEWKSBURY - Hurricanes Helene and Milton are causing local college students studying in Florida to evacuate back home, many to Massachusetts. Meanwhile, travelers scrambled at Logan Airport for last-minute flights, either heading to New England to escape Hurricane Milton or trying to get back home to Florida.
Free tuition at Massachusetts community colleges bringing thousands of students to school
Since the state began its free tuition program, 67,000 students enrolled at community colleges across the state last fall. WBZ-TV's Chris Tanaka reports.
Mass. community college enrollment grows by 10K in 1st year of free program
Enrollment grew by about 10,000 students among Massachusetts’ community colleges this academic year, the first since the state established its free program for nearly all students, Gov. Maura Healey said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Free community college in Massachusetts expected to draw 45,000 students within a year
"And we estimate that it's going to be 45,000 in no time, in just a year." What to know about free community college in Massachusetts. The gover
State officials celebrate Massachusetts free community college program
Ten years ago, Sara Guttierez dropped out of college because she could not make the finances work.It was a hard, stressful decision, she recalled Wednesday,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
An ‘avalanche’ of antisemitic incidents since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack: Assaults, death threats, Nazi salutes in Massachusetts schools
Antisemitic incidents have spiked across the U.S. in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel — an ...
Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach.
While some states and districts rethink advanced math classes, the Calculus Project sees that coursework as critical to the ...
Law banning ghost guns and guns in schools to be implemented by Massachusetts Gov. Healey
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is planning to implement parts of a gun reform law Wednesday, blocking an effort by opponents ...
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The University is slacking on sustainability
Opinion: “One would think a university with a gold star for sustainability would at least have sorting bins for garbage, and ...
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We hopped on a boat off Massachusetts to see what Maine’s offshore wind future could look like
As the offshore wind debate continues to ramp up in Maine, the climate desk takes inventory of what we know so far — and gets ...
A Massachusetts town uses batteries to help its grid — and its schools
Some batteries serve to bolster utility power grids. Other batteries provide backup power to buildings in case the grid goes ...
Elite universities marked down in global report card
Poorer teaching and research performance has pushed nearly half Australia’s universities further down the latest global ...
Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis
Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and ...
Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 Massachusetts researchers for microRNA discovery
Two researchers working in Massachusetts have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA.