Tag: Focus
Will more R.I. charter schools see unionizing efforts?
Jeremy Sencer has been fielding an increased number of calls from charter school workers who are interested in unionizing, a surge that began after...
Uncertainty raises stress among foreign students
At Salve Regina University, the Center for Global Education and Fellowships has been preparing to welcome 80 international students to campus in the fall...
Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality
For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...
2 colleges join forces to clear path for nurses
When Patricia Kelling’s son was born with severe heart problems years ago, she struggled to understand what was wrong.
“I didn’t know what the doctors...
As funding shrinks, focus on training goes local
In response to unpredictable federal funding and constrained state budgets, officials at the nonprofit organization Skills for Rhode Island’s Future say they’re adapting their...
Neronha’s proposed rule takes aim at private equity in health care
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is looking to expand his office’s oversight of health care transactions with the aim of limiting private equity acquisitions...
States act to reverse CPA shortage. Will R.I.?
Accounting firms have long felt the crunch, and it’s getting worse.
A growing shortage of certified public accountants is pushing the profession to its limits,...
Credit card legislation has banks up in arms
A legislative move to increase competition in the credit card payment network – dominated by Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. – is facing severe...
‘Pirate’ fishing vessels a target of federal bill
Fred Mattera, president of the South Kingstown-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, can recall when foreign commercial fishing vessels could often be spotted off the...
These local colleges prove to be ‘military friendly’
Lidell Booysen is a U.S. Navy veteran and a mechanical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. The 25-year-old isn’t like most of...
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