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R.I. earns ‘C+,’ ranks 5th on education policy report card
Rhode Island earned a ‘C+’ with a score of 2.33 out of 4 on educational reform advocacy group StudentsFirst’s 2013 State Policy Report Card. more
| 1/7/13
State officials to seize Sawyer student records
State higher education officials will enter facilities of the closed Sawyer School over the weekend, accompanied by state police, to take custody of student academic and financial records, Mike Trainor, spokesman for the state Office of Higher Education, said at a press conference on Friday. more
UMass chemistry department lands $339K NSF funding
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s department of chemistry and biochemistry received a $339,000 award from the National Science Foundation, the school announced Thursday. more
| 1/3/13
Local schools offer support to Sawyer students
(Updated, 4:44 p.m.) The R.I. Office of Higher Education said the Sawyer School that abruptly closed Wednesday left displaced students out of $3 million in unaccounted tuition and lied about a so-called established agreement with Lincoln Technical Institute. more
URI scientists contribute to book on salt marsh restoration
University of Rhode Island scientists were contributing authors and editors of a new book on the restoration of salt marshes, which includes case studies based on URI research, the school announced Wednesday. more
| 1/2/13
In U.S., R.I. ranks 14th for college graduates, 37th for high school
Rhode Island ranks 14th in the United States for the percentage of its population with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to a Business Journals report. more
| 12/27/12
NEIT wins Champlin Foundations grant
The New England Institute of Technology has been awarded a $109,000 grant from the Champlin Foundations to help purchase laboratory equipment for the school’s associate degree in veterinary technology program. more
| 12/21/12
Ten Salve profs named Pell Center fellows
Bolstering an effective team of fellows in global policy didn’t require a far-and-wide search by James M. Ludes, executive director of Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy. more
PC to contribute $3.84M to city in PILOT agreement
Providence College has agreed to contribute $3.84 million to the city over the next 10 years as part of a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, Mayor Angel Taveras and PC President Rev. Brian J. Shanley announced Tuesday at a press conference. more
| 12/18/12
Tuition costs beat inflation in R.I., across U.S.
In-state college tuition costs have exceeded the rate of inflation around the country in the last 6 years, and the Rhode Island area has been no exception. more
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