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URI applications break a record. GPAs of incoming first-year students are...

After receiving a record number of applications, the University of Rhode Island exceeded its enrollment target for the incoming freshman class this fall. The academic...

Johnson & Wales expands free-or-reduced tuition plan to more students

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University’s “The JWU Pledge” free-or-reduced tuition program has expanded eligibility for the new program to qualifying undergraduate students who...
UP IN THE AIR: People such as Victoria McNeil, director of financial aid at the University of Rhode Island, are paying close attention to the projected $2.7 billion shortfall for the federal Pell Grant program and what it means for future aid to undergraduate students. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

The future of Pell grants is unclear for students

The federal Pell Grant program, named after the late Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, has money problems. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting the program...
JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY will launch next fall its new "The JWU Pledge" to help cover most or all tuition costs for eligible students. / PBN FILE PHOTO / JAMES BESSETTE

JWU launches free-tuition program for eligible students

PROVIDENCE – Eligible undergraduate students entering Johnson & Wales University this fall can either have most or all of their tuition covered through a...

$3.8M in Learn365RI grants awarded across 29 municipalities

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-nine municipalities received a total of $3.8 million in Learn365RI grants to create or expand extended learning programs, with many focusing on...
THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Confusion reigns over status of student loans

Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward. Her notes weren’t about classes....
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE and the R.I. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 24 public school districts received $3.8 million in funding to support McKee's "Learn 365 RI" plan. / COURTESY OFFICE OF GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE

30 school districts receive $3.8M in funding as part of McKee’s...

PROVIDENCE – Thirty public school districts across the state received close to $3.8 million in grants aimed to support launches or expanding extended student...

McKee unveils ‘Learn 365 RI’ strategy to boost education statewide

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Wednesday spent his 100th day in office launching a new strategy slated to help boost education across the state and...
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