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Not only have applications increased at most colleges in the area, some are reporting record enrollment numbers.

The college joins some other local institutions that have dropped fees in recent years.

In 2005, the College of the Holy Cross became one of the first colleges in the country to make a bold change in its admissions process. The Worcester school no longer required applicants to submit what had long been a central component of preparing for college: standardized tests such as the SAT. A decade and a half later, Holy Cross is joined by just about every one of its Central Massachusetts peers, and higher education admissions have been transformed.  Colleges generally no longer see the SAT or ACT as necessary for gauging whether a student will be successful at their schools. In fact,...

Clark University is launching a new study program intended to support and attract more international students, and particularly those who would benefit from more English language training before matriculating in the United States, the Worcester school announced on Friday. Dubbed the Global Leaders and Scholars Program, participating students will begin their four-year Clark University degree by studying abroad for two semesters at either the East China Normal University in Shanghai or the Council on International Education Exchange Global Institute in Berlin. During that first year of college...