Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | November 4, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 41 Can you still call it an expressway if you never go over 12MPH? Think about that. Not your dental insurance. With flexible, affordable plans that offer great access, and customer service that goes above and beyond, your dental insurance worries are a thing of the past. Learn more at altusdental.com. E D U C A T I O N I N D U S T R I E S funds be first-generation students who have never traveled internationally. He added an international program can be a retention tool for a freshman who may feel lonely away from home. If they know they can take on an international opportunity in their sophomore year, it can be an incentive to stay on. A goal is to get more international students to FSU as well, said Cardelle, citing those numbers as declining. "Many countries are becoming more closed in and insular. We need to make higher-education institutions centers of exposure to the world," Cardelle said. ough global travel has benefits for students in all majors, there are more immediate applications in areas of political science, international business and healthcare, Cardelle said. Areas like Costa Rica and Ghana offer insight into how other healthcare systems work, as well as ecology and sustainability, for example. Assumption University opened a campus in Rome, Italy, in 2013, which has helped recruit students. Surveys have shown about 85% of students say the Rome campus was an important factor in their deciding on Assumption, said Assumption President Francesco Cesareo. It offers students a "phenomenal way to engage in diversity. It's an attractive place to visit, but it's also a crossroads … attracting others from all over the world," Cesareo said. e campus – in an Italian neighborhood away from tourist areas – offers students an authentic experience complete with a cook Worcester County National employment employment Year growth growth Annual growth in education employment 2009 3.22% 0.57% 2010 0.45% -0.23% 2011 0.22% -0.37% 2012 0.61% -0.13% 2013 3.80% 0.31% 2014 0.69% 0.65% 2015 0.45% 0.92% 2016 0.36% 0.87% 2017 0.56% 0.90% 2018 1.83% 0.91% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages $10,000 $20000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 Average annual salary $60,000 Worcester County U.S. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Average annual salary in education preparing native foods and a rooop study area. In May, Assumption applied to the state to change its name to Assumption University, part of an effort to attract more international students. As students, both Cardelle of FSU and Assumption's Cesareo studied abroad. And Cesareo said the positive change he sees in students is transformative. "All come out completely different students. ey are different people," he said. FB

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