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THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND has the Rhode Island Promise scholarship, which allows qualified students to attend the school tuition-free, but Massachusetts has taken it a step further by making a community college education available tuition-free for any Massachusetts resident with a high school diploma. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

Where does Mass. move to tuition-free community colleges leave R.I.?

Massachusetts has expanded its community college tuition-free program to cover all students this fall, but don't expect Rhode Island to follow suit anytime soon. State...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island has received an anonymous $2 million gift to launch its "CCRI Advantage" graduation pathways initiative. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI receives anonymous $2M gift to launch graduation pathways pilot program

WARWICK – An anonymous donor has gifted the Community College of Rhode Island the largest individual private financial award in the college’s 60-year history...

Hope Scholarship shows promise at Rhode Island College

The Hope Scholarship at Rhode Island College seems to be living up to its title by producing small gains in the school’s lagging enrollment,...

CCRI launches table games dealer training course

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island will launch its first free introduction to table games dealer training course in August, with classes...

Five Questions With: Mark Halfman

Mark Halfman is the director of the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative established to advance regional microelectronics workforce...
KEEPING TRACK: Marcela Betancur, director of the Latino Policy Institute, says the group will be releasing a report in September on Latino representation in higher education. Census data shows Latinos have been graduating college in increasing numbers over 20 years but remain underpaid and underrepresented in the workforce. 
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Despite earning more degrees, Latinos still see pay disparities

Marcela Betancur says many Latinos find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes to higher education. After all, a large percentage of college-age Latinos in...
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Maya Geraldo holds a handcrafted planter, in which its hand gestures symbolize love and gratitude.

Maya Geraldo

40 Under Forty Awards 2024 Maya Geraldo | 38 Manager of Academic and Faculty Initiatives, Community College of Rhode Island What is the biggest challenge currently...
TAKING ROOT: ­Gloria Chacón, a licensed arborist and owner of Green View Tree Service LLC, with her crew at a worksite in North ­Providence.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

She went out on a limb, and her tree service has...

Gloria Chacón didn’t plan to become a tree doctor, dealing with all things related to shrubs and woody plant life. “My parents wanted me to...
CASUAL SOCIALIZING: Local business professionals gather at Whalers Brewing Co. in South Kingstown for last year’s Southern Rhode Island Young Professionals Statewide Summer Social. This year’s Statewide Summer Social will be held July 10 at Whalers Brewing. 
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Editor’s Choice: Statewide Summer Social to be held at Whalers Brewing

EDITOR’S CHOICE Statewide Summer Social to be held at Whalers BrewingTHE SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND Young Professionals will hold its annual Statewide Summer Social, hosted...

CCRI, Partnership for R.I. launching work-based learning pilot this fall

PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and The Partnership for Rhode Island are teaming up to create a work-based learning pilot program...
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