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Nonprofit & Education

Cutting care for illegal immigrants <br> won’t improve the nation’s health

The 2004 movie “A Day Without a Mexican” alarmed the nation’s non-Mexican employers. Many restaurants, landscape services, factories, hotels and retailers would close without...
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A decade on, R.I. is setting the pace<br> in many quality-of-care measures

Hospitals in Rhode Island and throughout the nation must and should increasingly become “transparent” in virtually all areas – quality, patient satisfaction, finance, etc....

Education and giving

Do you contribute on a regular basis to the college or university from which you graduated? &#8226 Yes - 57.1% &#8226 No...
THE RENOVATED former Texas Instruments building in Attleboro will serve as a new satellite campus for Bristol Community College. /

BCC prepares new Attleboro campus

Four years ago Attleboro Mayor Kevin J. Dumas approached John J. Sbrega, president of the Fall River-based Bristol Community College, with a proposition. He...

PPL system to be reviewed

The board of trustees of the Providence Public Library has approved a one-time gift of $1.3 million to the City of Providence as part...

Business dean believes in engaged education

Susan Lehrman refers to herself as an “education entrepreneur.” While an administrator at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., Lehrman developed three new degree programs...
RYAN AND JAIMIE BORDEN had been promised scholarships by the Education Partnership, but the nonprofit’s collapse means they may have to find alternative funding. /

Promised scholarships in jeopardy

The warning signs of trouble at the Education Partnership were visible months ago, Linda Borden realizes now. Borden, whose two children were selected for scholarships...
CCRI CONSTRUCTION PROFESSOR Norman Cook shows off an example of solid-state lighting, which generates no heat and never has to be replaced. /

CCRI classes teach energy efficiency at home, work

Get rid of that hot-water tank in your basement. Toss it right out. “It’s the last thing you want,” said Norman Cook, adjunct professor...
ERIC PELSER, sales manager for Community Fruitland Inc., said that local colleges, including Providence College and Salve Regina University, have been looking for produce supplies. /

Nutritious food finds home in schools, workplaces

Cafeteria food has never had a reputation for being particularly appealing or healthy, but the negative perception is changing rapidly as more food providers...

Tool up to build your business

There’s an old joke about a guy who goes into a hardware store to buy a saw to cut firewood. The clerk convinces him...
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