BRYANT UNIVERSITY, pictured, along with Providence College will have record first-year enrollments this fall. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE – Across the country, colleges and universities are seeing fewer and fewer students fill academic halls and dorm rooms over the last few years. But Rhode Island-based colleges, based on early fall enrollment projections, are bucking this trend. According to a spring 2022 study from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, total national enrollment…