Tag: higher education
Providence City Plan Commission approves Brown University’s proposed master plan
PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission Tuesday night approved Brown University’s proposed Institutional Master Plan.
The university updates its master plan every five years...
Brown ranked No. 9 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University continues to climb in the rankings as being among the best colleges and universities across the U.S., while Providence College...
5 local colleges named to Wall Street Journal’s best colleges list
PROVIDENCE – Five local colleges and universities, four of them based in Rhode Island, were among the 400 best higher education institutions across the...
Brown University forms ad hoc committee to review its admissions practices
PROVIDENCE – A new 10-person ad hoc committee has been formed at Brown University to examine the Ivy League institution's admissions practices, including reviewing...
Meet the new guard: Whelan’s presidency brings Wheaton ‘full circle’
When Michaele Whelan became Wheaton College president in January 2022, it brought the Norton-based liberal arts college back to its roots in a way.
The...
URI professor receives $1.1M federal grant to develop new URI ESTEEMED...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island professor was recently awarded a seven-figure federal grant to help students from underrepresented groups pursue their...
Providence College athletics program raises record $7.4M in 2023 fiscal year
PROVIDENCE – Financial support for Friartown’s athletic programming has reached a new all-time high.
Providence College announced Friday that $7.4 million was raised from more...
Mental health, socialization recovery now a focus on college campuses post-COVID
PROVIDENCE – Buying textbooks, moving boxes of personal items into dorms, getting to know roommates and classmates, and administrators formally welcoming back students and...
RISD Museum names Maki new director
PROVIDENCE – The current chief exhibitions and collections officer at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will head eastward to lead the Rhode...
Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions
For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...
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