Tag: Daniel P. Egan
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?...
RWU, Bryant University modify some mask requirements; most colleges staying masked...
PROVIDENCE – Roger Williams University in Bristol and Bryant University in Smithfield have made some modifications to their respective COVID-19 masking requirements on campus....
Local colleges taking wait-and-see approach on mandating booster vaccines
PROVIDENCE – In late summer, just before students returned to local college campuses for the new academic year, the schools made it clear that...
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...
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...
R.I. colleges expected to lose $75M-$100M due to room-and-board refunds
PROVIDENCE – Colleges in Rhode Island could lose between $75 million and $100 million in planned room-and-board refunds to students forced off campus by...
