News and Announcements

First-ever awards help early educators pay down student debt and build long-term careers in Massachusetts

Board of Higher Education to meet in late August on interim commissioner, begin process to secure a permanent next commissioner

Board of Higher Education meeting lifts up administration’s new Co-op Education Initiative; MassArt to offer co-ops for students in communication design and glass programs

Administration officials visited MCLA and Franklin Tech to showcase the impact of state financial aid, early college and career technical education expansion

Funding supports 200 entry-level adult students earning college degrees

Effort continues Governor Healey’s modernization of state IT services

Administration launches RFI to advance statewide birth-through-higher education mental health framework

Initiative will grow co-ops for students at state’s public campuses

New Education Secretary Zrike visits Ellis Early Learning in Boston to lift up early education and care workforce

Open survey allows students, parents, educators and community members to inform how statewide graduation requirements can be implemented and designed

Board of Higher Education approves a new regulation that creates a pathway for innovative pilot proposals, including three-year degrees to lower costs

Grants will expand access and add up to 44 new Early College partnerships, doubling the number of participating students to 20,000 by 2028