Tag: higher education
Tutors are busier as SATs undergo change
Susan Santucci says she was surprised when she received a barrage of phone calls earlier this summer from parents of children preparing to apply...
Bryant University receives $1M gift to develop dining commons inside new...
SMITHFIELD – Corey E. Levine, a 1980 Bryant University graduate and executive director of the Ettenberg Foundation, has donated $1 million to his alma...
6 local colleges named to Wall Street Journal’s best colleges list
PROVIDENCE – Six local colleges and universities were noted by the Wall Street Journal as being among the 500 best colleges in the country...
Brown University trustee resigns over concerns about upcoming Israel divestment vote
PROVIDENCE – Joseph Edelman, founder and CEO of New York-based hedge fund company Perceptive Advisors LLC, has resigned from the Brown University board of...
5 R.I.-based colleges get $3M federal grant for new research administration...
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island-based colleges and universities have collectively received a three-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to launch a first-of-its-kind initiative...
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...
Brown University community coordinators union on strike over unfair labor practices
PROVIDENCE – More than 130 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began walking the picket line Wednesday morning at Brown University...
24 state attorneys general urge Brown to reject Israel divestment proposal
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-four state attorneys general from the southern and Midwest U.S. on Monday sent a letter to Brown University urging the Ivy League...
PC to launch new online master’s program in sports administration
PROVIDENCE – Providence College next fall will launch a new fully online master’s degree program that will be designed to help emerging professionals within...
UMass Dartmouth receives $8M in state funds for blue economy initiatives
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has secured $8 million in funding from the commonwealth to support the university’s blue economy core research...
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