R.I. Senate OKs commission to explore creation of medical school at URI
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate approved a resolution establishing a 21-member commission to explore the possibility of creating a medical school at the University...
Curry College will offer graduates a job guarantee. Should local colleges do the same?
PROVIDENCE – Less than a year after becoming Curry College’s new president, Jay Gonzalez needed to find a way to make his Milton, Mass.-based...
Pipeline grows wider for trained cannabis workers
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Rhode Island is giving new meaning to the term “green jobs.” There are no more than...
New pilot program provides workforce training for biomedical students
Like most primarily undergraduate institutions, Rhode Island College can fly under the radar when it comes to academic biomedical research in the Ocean State.
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Pot shops need trained workforce
For any industry to grow, it needs a workforce pipeline.
So it is with the state’s budding cannabis industry. Last year it employed more than...
How DEI rollbacks at colleges set back learning
Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity, equity...
A legacy of inequality in medical education
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own...
A healthy mind
Does your company have initiatives to address employee mental health as part of its wellness plan?
Yes: 33%
No: 33%
No, but we’re discussing including that initiative:...
URI professor awarded fellowship to study student response to anti-Black curriculums
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island urban education and secondary social studies professor was awarded a $70,000 National Academy of Education Spencer...
Five Questions With: Kevin Matta
Kevin Matta is the senior director of people and culture for United Way of Rhode Island Inc. and the president of the Rhode Island-based...
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