RIC gets $1.1M federal grant for first-generation graduate student aid

Chris Bergenheim

10/05/2017

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE received a $1.1 million grant over 5 years to provide assistance to economically disadvantaged first-generation college students in preparation for graduate school. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

WARWICK – Rhode Island College was awarded a $1.1 million U.S. Department of Education grant to provide opportunities for disadvantaged students to pursue doctorate degrees, the Rhode Island delegation announced Thursday. The grant, called the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement grant, will be distributed over five years to first-generation college students preparing for graduate school.…

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