John Taraborelli - Providence Business News

ANNA CANO MORALES, the former vice president of external relations and diversity, equity and inclusion at Rhode Island College, jointly signed back in May a severance agreement with the college that she would receive $180,000, equaling a year's worth of salary, plus a stipend for health care. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

RIC pays $180K severance to former DEI vice president

Education 10/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – As part of severance agreement from mid-May, Rhode Island College agreed to pay Anna Cano Morales, its now former vice president of...

Hope Scholarship shows promise at Rhode Island College

Education 08/09/2024

The Hope Scholarship at Rhode Island College seems to be living up to its title by producing small gains in the school’s lagging enrollment,...

At RIC, Hope Scholarship is bringing about change

Education 04/26/2024

Ariel Polanco didn’t see many opportunities beyond high school as he was growing up, but his aspirations extended far beyond the Providence neighborhoods he...

RIC to issue RFP for tenant to occupy former Henry Barnard...

Education 12/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College on Dec. 13 received the blessing from the R.I. State Properties Committee to issue a request for proposals seeking...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY next year will require students to live on campus for their first three years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Do on-campus college residency requirements limit student choice?

Education 12/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Meeting new roommates, decorating one’s dorm room and making an acres-large campus one’s home for several months are all part of a...

ADMINISTRATORS at Rhode Island College are already looking for grants and other funding sources for its new Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies after the $2 million allocation from the state's American Rescue Plan Act funds runs out in three years. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

After initial launch, RIC’s new cybersecurity institute looks to be self-funded

Editor's Choice 11/17/2023

State leaders have agreed to set aside more than $2 million to launch the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College,...

GIVING CREDIT: Rhode Island College, along with the University of Rhode Island and the Community College of Rhode Island, is being required to establish ways of awarding academic credit for students who participate in registered apprenticeship programs. COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

New law: R.I. public colleges must plan for apprenticeships

Education 10/13/2023

A new state law requires public higher education institutions to establish ways of awarding academic credit to students who participate in registered apprenticeship programs. “These...

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE is investigating who was responsible for placing several packets of racist and homophobic materials near the residence halls on campus. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Racist material found on RIC campus, college investigating matter

Education 01/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has launched an investigation into finding those responsible who put several packets containing racist and homophobic materials that were...

RIC president says endangered majors will get faculty review

Education 11/15/2022

PROVIDENCE – After a campus backlash to plans to remove seven underutilized majors from Rhode Island College, interim President Jack Warner now says faculty...