Tag: Association Of Independent Colleges And Universities Of Rhode Island
Local colleges receive millions from FEMA for COVID-19 testing expenses
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges and universities for the better part of the last two years conducted test after test, health screening after health screening...
Student loan debt forgiveness could have big impact in R.I.
With tensions heightening for many borrowers as the federal government prepares to resume student loan payments at the beginning of next year following a...
After 2 years of COVID-19, local colleges optimistic in getting back...
PROVIDENCE – Could this academic year finally see almost complete normalcy on local college campuses for the first time in more than two years?...
Lessons in changing leadership
EDUCATION
The education sector across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts has transformed in numerous ways in recent years, ranging from new leadership taking over at...
Enrollment ‘headwinds’ coming for local colleges
Colleges and universities in Rhode Island will need to find creative ways to draw in promising students in the face of a steep enrollment...
College leaders cautiously optimistic about having bounce-back year on campus
PROVIDENCE – With college students expected to soon return to campuses in Rhode Island, there is cautious optimism that the 2021-22 academic year will...
Rhode Island’s college instructors and faculty wait for their vaccine prioritization
PROVIDENCE – Most college professors and instructors consider themselves teachers. But in prioritization for the COVID-19 vaccine, in Rhode Island as in other states in...
Local colleges change course for end-of-semester learning
PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Rhode Island School of Design and New England Institute of Technology will be moving...
Despite communitywide COVID-19 surge, colleges have kept virus under control on...
PROVIDENCE – As college students across Rhode Island are preparing for their fall semester final exams, local colleges have generally passed one very important...
Egan: Local colleges facing significant financial strain if second stimulus doesn’t...
PROVIDENCE – Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, sees resiliency in students returning to local...