COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF Rhode Island is proposing a $62.9 million bond to renovate its campuses. The Knight Campus, pictured, is CCRI's oldest and was first built in 1972. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND
PROVIDENCE — The Community College of Rhode Island is proposing a $62.9 million general revenue bond that, if approved, would finance long-overdue renovations to its campuses. According to CCRI’s request, which the R.I. Board of Education approved at its quarterly meeting Nov. 13, the bulk of the bond, $30 million, would finance core building infrastructure…
Why voters have to weigh in on a subject they have little knowledge about is a mystery. The fact that very few states fund higher education investment via this route says much about its general inadequacy. Add to this the fact that Rhode Island has ranked for decades near the bottom of all states in higher education spending is further evidence of how far behind the State is in achieving a fresh and modern approach to governance.
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Why voters have to weigh in on a subject they have little knowledge about is a mystery. The fact that very few states fund higher education investment via this route says much about its general inadequacy. Add to this the fact that Rhode Island has ranked for decades near the bottom of all states in higher education spending is further evidence of how far behind the State is in achieving a fresh and modern approach to governance.