Tag: higher education
CCRI a finalist in Lumina Foundation’s $1M prize to boost marketing...
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is among 10 community colleges from around the U.S. in the running for a seven-figure grant...
New scholarship program for underrepresented students launches at URI College of...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island alumnus who co-founded a data science firm has committed a six-figure gift to create a scholarship...
Leaders lay groundwork to ‘supercharge’ training
It was a first at Rhode Island College.
At the start of the spring semester, the college started offering a fully online degree – a...
Former R.I. higher ed commissioner tapped as RIC interim president
PROVIDENCE – Jack Warner, who served as commissioner of the R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education during Donald L. Carcieri’s tenure as governor,...
UMass Dartmouth gets $30M to upgrade Liberal Arts Building
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts has been awarded $30 million in funding from the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance’s Division of...
Study: Providence school teacher retention rates declining, but doesn’t show ‘exodus’
PROVIDENCE – Declining teacher retention rates within the Providence Public School District over the last three years since the state takeover and the onset...
Providence College’s ‘Friars Give’ day raises record $2.8M
PROVIDENCE – Six years ago, Providence College first launched its annual “Friars Give” annual springtime giving initiative, reaching out to those closely associated to...
Former U.S. President Clinton to speak at Brown University April 26
PROVIDENCE – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be a guest speaker at Brown University’s annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture on April 26 at...
JWU, URI receive $270K federal research grant to explore challenges with...
PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island and Johnson & Wales University announced late Monday that they received a $270,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
PC men’s basketball coach Cooley named 2022 Naismith Coach Of The...
PROVIDENCE – Ed Cooley’s personal trophy case increased by one significant piece of hardware.
The Providence College men’s basketball coach on Sunday was named the...