ON FRIDAY, the Community College of Rhode Island confirmed 62.4 percent of the initial R.I. Promise cohort returned for a second year of tuition- and fee-free coursework. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND
WARWICK – By the school's count, the retention rate of Rhode Island Promise students reported by the Community College of Rhode Island earlier this week is on par with previous, recent freshmen year figures. More than half, 62.4 percent, of the Rhode Island Promise students returned to CCRI at the start of the fall term to…