Free community college and extended reality

By Lucas Willard

Published February 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST

New York’s governor has proposed free community college for adults retraining for careers in high-demand fields. We’ll speak with the chancellor of the state’s public college and university system about the idea.

A new lab at Western New England University is dedicated to studying “extended reality.”

And Marist College has officially rebranded as Marist University

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