A LIBERAL ARTS college education has always been viewed as a foundation for a career or for advanced study in a graduate or professional program. The notion has been to give students broad knowledge, and the workplace world would mold the graduate into a professional with the requisite training and experience. That view may be […]
Ramon S. Torrecilha
Ramon S. Torrecilha, Ph.D., is the president of Westfield State University.
State needs to step up for higher ed
THE COMMONWEALTH’S ECONOMY has been transformed from one heavily defined by manufacturing a few decades ago to one that is now knowledge-based. Jobs – even the less-skilled positions – require a higher level of educational attainment, yet the pipeline of workers to fill the jobs has slowed, just as baby boomers get set to retire […]
The hard choice in fighting racism
WE HAD A CHOICE at Westfield State University. After two students of color were targeted with hateful messages on their dorm room door, we could have simply sought to support and comfort the affected students and issue a statement about the abhorrent nature of these actions, while calling on our campus community for greater civility. […]