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THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND has the Rhode Island Promise scholarship, which allows qualified students to attend the school tuition-free, but Massachusetts has taken it a step further by making a community college education available tuition-free for any Massachusetts resident with a high school diploma. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

Where does Mass. move to tuition-free community colleges leave R.I.?

Massachusetts has expanded its community college tuition-free program to cover all students this fall, but don't expect Rhode Island to follow suit anytime soon. State...

Study: Brown University ranked 22nd for producing startup founders

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is 22nd among colleges globally for producing the most startup founders, according to a new ranking by PitchBook.  PitchBook, a publication...

Providence Public Schools adding cameras to bus fleet

PROVIDENCE – Each fall, a return to school brings the usual rush of yellow buses to Rhode Island’s streets. But this year, buses will come...
THE R.I. COUNCIL on Elementary and Secondary Education on Thursday unanimously voted to continue the state takeover of the Providence Public School District for up to the next three years. / COURTESY CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL

RIDE’s takeover of Providence schools to continue for 3 years, but...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s largest public school district will remain in the R.I. Department of Education’s control for the next three years at the...

Ex-PC hoops coach Cooley was highest-paid Big East coach in FY...

PROVIDENCE – Ed Cooley not only received strong financial compensation from Providence College in what would be his last year as the school’s head...
ONBOARD YET? Mark Parsons, center, founder of the nonprofit New Bedford Research and Robotics, and Ian Estaphan Owen, left, co-founder and CEO of Bristol-based Jaia Robotics Inc., talk with Annie Colarusso, Economic Development Administration tech hubs deputy director, about the regional blue economy during a boat cruise in Bristol Harbor in early August. 
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JACQUELYN VOGHEL

HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...

With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid ­Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island has received an anonymous $2 million gift to launch its "CCRI Advantage" graduation pathways initiative. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI receives anonymous $2M gift to launch graduation pathways pilot program

WARWICK – An anonymous donor has gifted the Community College of Rhode Island the largest individual private financial award in the college’s 60-year history...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has been awarded an $8 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to support the state’s research ecosystem as well as strengthen science and technology efforts across the state. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives $8M to support state’s research ecosystem

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded an $8 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to support the state’s research...
MORE THAN 100 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began an open-ended strike Wednesday at Brown University. / COURTESY JAMES SKRETTA

Brown University community coordinators union on strike over unfair labor practices

PROVIDENCE – More than 130 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began walking the picket line Wednesday morning at Brown University...

Five Questions With: Todd M. Alessandri

Todd M. Alessandri is the new dean of Bryant University’s College of Business. He was previously associate dean of education at the D’Amore-McKim School...
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