Editing Worcester, Massachusetts (section)

===Higher education===
Worcester is currently home to eight colleges and universities.
* [[Assumption University (Worcester)|Assumption University]] is the fourth oldest [[Roman Catholic]] college in New England and was founded in 1904. At {{convert|175|acre|km2}}, it has the largest campus in Worcester.
* [[File:Fenwick DSC 1272.jpg|thumb|Fenwick Hall, [[College of the Holy Cross]]]][[Clark University]] was founded in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in the country; it now also educates undergraduates and is noted for its strengths in psychology and geography. Its first president was [[G. Stanley Hall]], the founder of organized psychology as a science and profession, father of the child study movement, and founder of the [[American Psychological Association]]. Well-known professors include [[Albert A. Michelson]], who won the first American Nobel Prize in 1902 for his measurement of light. [[Robert H. Goddard]], a pioneering rocket scientist of the space age also studied and taught here, and, in his only visit to the United States, [[Sigmund Freud]] delivered his five famous "Clark Lectures" at the university. Clark offers one of only two programs leading to a Ph.D. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the other is offered by [[Gratz College]].
* [[College of the Holy Cross]] was founded in 1843 and is the oldest [[Roman Catholic]] college in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. Well-known graduates include [[Anthony Fauci]], Director of the [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] [[Joseph E. Murray]]; former [[United States Poet Laureate|Poet Laureate of the United States]] [[Billy Collins]]; [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]] member [[Bob Cousy]]; attorney and professional sports' team owner [[Edward Bennett Williams]]; [[College Football Hall of Fame]] member [[Gordie Lockbaum]]; and [[List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justice]] [[Clarence Thomas]].
* The [[Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]] Worcester Campus houses the institution's Doctor of Optometry program, accelerated Doctor of Pharmacy, Post-Baccalaureate Bachelor's in Nursing; Master's in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner, Master's program New England School of Acupuncture, as well as the Master's program in Physician Assistant Studies for post-baccalaureate students.
* [[Quinsigamond Community College]] was founded in 1963 and provides associate degree and professional certificate options to its 13,000 students per year. In addition to its main campus, students train and study at multiple program sites throughout Worcester as well as one in [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]] and one in [[Southbridge, Massachusetts|Southbridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qcc.edu/about |website=Quinsigamond Community College |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170443/https://www.qcc.edu/about |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:wpi boytonhall.JPG|thumb|right|Boynton Hall, 1868, designed by Worcester architect Stephen Earle, [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]]]
* The [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]] (1970) is one of the nation's top 50 medical schools. [[Craig Mello]] won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine. 
* [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] (WPI) is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]], focusing on the instruction and research of technical arts and applied sciences.<ref>{{cite news|title=Points of Distinction|url=http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/visitors/Distinction.asp|access-date=September 20, 2012|agency=Admissions & Outreach Office at [[Cal Poly Pomona]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821165807/http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/visitors/Distinction.asp|archive-date=August 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities and now has 14 academic departments with over 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. [[Robert Goddard]], the father of modern rocketry, graduated from WPI in 1908 with a Bachelor of Science in [[physics]].
* [[Worcester State University]] (WSU) is a public liberal arts and sciences university located on the city's west side. Founded in 1874 as the State [[Normal School]] at Worcester, it was the fifth of nine public teacher training colleges in the commonwealth. Today WSU offers 34 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate programs and includes a student body of 6400.[[File:Worcesteracademy3.jpg|thumb|right|Warner Memorial Theater, opened 1932, designed by [[Drew Eberson]], [[Worcester Academy]]]]

Many of these institutions participate in the [[Colleges of Worcester Consortium]]. This independent, non-profit collegiate association includes academic institutions in Worcester and other communities in Worcester County, such as [[Anna Maria College]] in neighboring [[Paxton, Massachusetts|Paxton]]. It facilitates cooperation among the colleges and universities. One example of this being its inter-college shuttle bus and student cross registration. Worcester is also the home of [[Dynamy]], a "residential internship program" in the United States. The organization was founded in 1969.<ref>Hopewell, Brian: [http://www.collegegapyear.com/233.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070419224059/http://www.collegegapyear.com/233.shtml|date=April 19, 2007}} College Gap Year website, Dynamy.</ref> The city is also home to many trade schools such as the Peterson School, [[Porter and Chester Institute]], the Fieldstone School, and the Rob Roy Academy, among others. Additionally, the [[Worcester Technical High School]] offers adult education classes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult Education |url=https://worcesterschools.org/academics/adult-education/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Worcester Public Schools, Massachusetts |language=en-US}}</ref>