greater brockton economic base analysis critical and emerging industries workforce development targets a report submitted to the do not use this page insert prepared by university of massachusetts office president umass donahue institute dartmouth center for policy january 2002 b is joint project authored dr clyde w barrow director david r borges senior research associate table contents 1 00 10 description area 20 recent trends changing conditions 30 transportation infrastructure 3 31 highways 32 airports 33 seaports 4 34 public commuter rail 5 40 colleges universities 41 bridgewater state college 42 stonehill 6 43 wheaton 44 massasoit community 50 demographic characteristics 7 51 population