R.I. higher-ed institutions reshaping talent pipelines

A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s cyber range classroom in 2025. 
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s cyber range classroom in 2025. 
COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Educational institutions have come around to the idea that there is more than one kind of classroom, as students learn both on campus and on the job, with schools investing in workforce development while pivoting to maintain their own funding. Brown University has spent much of 2025 navigating a financial crisis rooted in federal policy

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