A brief history of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, prefaced by an outline of all accredited institutions of higher education in the state of Massachusetts. This book provides an in depth look at the background and growth of each institution of the Worcester Consortium. Furthermore, this description includes reference to each institution's history as well as their modern role in the consortium.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.