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WORCESTER Becker College, whose origins date to the late 1700s, will close at the end of the academic year.
The school last month made it clear that its future was in doubt, owing to financial struggles caused in large part by the pandemic.
On Monday, Christine Cassidy, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, confirmed what students and neighbors of its campuses in Worcester and Leicester had hoped to avoid.
In a post on the Becker College website, she wrote: It is with deep regret that I share the news that on March 28, the Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Becker College at the end of the current academic year. The College will provide academic, support and transitional services to students through August 31, 2021. Following an orderly transition, classes will not resume in the Fall.
Becker College, citing financial pressure, announces closure
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Then & Now: 44 Elm St., Worcester
With World War II underway, Becker School of Business Administration was faced with a depleted student body. Like many colleges, with a good percentage of its students leaving for the military, staying afloat was a struggle.
Becker began to consolidate. One of its bigger buildings, on Front Street in downtown, was suddenly quiet, near empty. School officials figured the most efficient option was to consolidate.
In 1942, the school bought the Washburn Estate at Elm and Linden streets, shown in our Then photo.
It was renamed Converse Hall, and for the following decades it was used for offices, classrooms, a library and student housing.
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