Tag: CCRI
At CCRI, Boston Fed chief hints at possible pause in interest...
WARWICK – In her appearance at the Community College of Rhode Island Thursday, Susan M. Collins, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of...
2 national companies vying for CCRI bookstore contract
PROVIDENCE – The two largest private operators of college and university bookstores in the country have submitted bids for the five-year contract to manage...
CCRI to privatize campus bookstores
PROVIDENCE – A search is underway by the Community College of Rhode Island for a private vendor to take over operations at the...
McKee backs three new bond questions seeking combined $350M
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposed fiscal 2023 budget includes three bond questions for the November ballot with a combined $350 million price...
Will R.I. Promise last after Raimondo leaves?
Talia Thibodeau faced an uncertain future as she prepared to graduate from Cranston High School West last June.
Thibodeau, a standout basketball player, wanted to...
Five Questions With: Lori Caron Silveira
5Q: Lori Caron Silveira | Executive director, R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority
1. What in your professional background has most prepared you for leading...
R.I. Promise laying groundwork for a better-educated workforce
State lawmakers were wise to put a sunset provision in legislation creating the Rhode Island Promise program, which allows qualifying students the chance to...
Paths to manufacturing jobs grow
Perhaps it was an extraordinary run as a major manufacturer in a number of industries, one that kept the state looking backward instead of...
Giving employers the skills to speak with their workers
The diversification of Rhode Island’s workforce has resulted in a frequent challenge for many employers. Workers may know enough English to perform their jobs,...
CCRI professor named president-elect of national laboratory science committee
PROVIDENCE – A Community College of Rhode Island professor and chair of the school’s Allied Health Department has been named president-elect of the American...