PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is receiving $33.6 million to help prepare disadvantaged students for success in higher education, the state’s congressional delegation announced Tuesday. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education will provide $4.8 million per year for seven years for Rhode Island’s GEAR UP program to help serve 4,000 students annually in Providence,
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