Mount Holyoke College selects next president

SOUTH HADLEY - Mount Holyoke College's 18th President will be Lynn Pasquerella, a medical ethicist and provost at the University of Hartford. Pasquerella was chosen after a seven-month search to find a successor for current President Joanne V. Creighton.

Issue Tracker: Capital projects at UMass keep on trucking

THE ISSUE: The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is a 146-year-old campus whose large-scale capital rejuvenation project has run head-first into the recession. Almost 70 percent of the campus was constructed before the 1970s. According to university officials about $1.8 billion is needed to address all of the Amherst campus building needs. How much can get done amid a downturn?

HCC reports spike in enrollment, cites national trend

HOLYOKE - Enrollment at Holyoke Community College shot up 13 percent this fall, prompting the college to hire more faculty and offer more courses.

The dramatic increase is part of a national trend on community college campuses. In the midst of a recession, students are looking to save money on education by attending typically less expensive public schools.

Ranks of millionaire college presidents grow again

The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders will make seven-figure salaries once the slumping economy rebounds.

Mount Holyoke College selects 1980 alumna as next president

SOUTH HADLEY - Mount Holyoke College's 18th president will be Lynn Pasquerella, a medical ethicist and provost at the University of Hartford. Pasquerella was chosen after a seven-month search to find a successor for current President Joanne V. Creighton.

Patrick: 'We'll all share upside' is upbeat message in stops through Valley

NORTHAMPTON - There was no reason to shoot this messenger. Gov. Deval L. Patrick was in western Massachusetts Wednesday spreading good news in the cities of Amherst, Northampton and Holyoke: Yes, a high-performance computing center will be constructed in downtown Holyoke. Yes, Patrick will support a new multi-cultural learning initiative at the University of Massachusetts. And yes, once tax revenues pick up for the state, higher education funding will be restored.

Ms. Jahangir's justice: Pakistani rights advocate uses Mount Holyoke College visit to reflect on her nation's troubles

SOUTH HADLEY - Asma Jahangir is treating her week as a scholar-in-residence at Mount Holyoke College as a chance to stop running, if only for a little while, and reflect. Jahangir, a prominent and controversial Pakistani lawyer, human rights activist and founding member and chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, has spent the last 30 years fighting for the rights of Pakistani women, children and religious minorities -- and dodging attempts on her own safety.