Tag: R.I. Promise
Enrollment ‘headwinds’ coming for local colleges
Colleges and universities in Rhode Island will need to find creative ways to draw in promising students in the face of a steep enrollment...
Raimondo: R.I. ‘in a good, stable place’
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo delivered what's expected to be her final State of the State address virtually on Wednesday, focusing mostly on...
CCRI’s first class of R.I. Promise recipients set to graduate Thursday
PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island is set to graduate its largest class in more than 20 years – about 2,300 students...
Lawmakers have returned to tackle a host of familiar issues
The General Assembly reopened Jan. 1 with a new configuration of legislators facing many of the same issues that have been circulating in the...
Balancing budget, smart investments should be job one
According to PBN’s cover story this week, House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello’s top budget priority is continuing the phaseout of the auto excise tax....
Newport’s history still intact
On the list of Rhode Island assets, surely the Newport Mansions belong near the top.
For the third consecutive year, in 2018 the Preservation Society...
CCRI reports 47% gain in R.I. Promise enrollments, boost in diversity
WARWICK – Forty-seven percent more first-time, full-time students enrolled in the second Rhode Island Promise cohort than the first, according to Community College of...
R.I. Promise retention rate on par with previous years before program
WARWICK – By the school's count, the retention rate of Rhode Island Promise students reported by the Community College of Rhode Island earlier this...
40% of R.I. Promise students did not return for year two
WARWICK – Forty percent of the first cohort of Rhode Island Promise students enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Island did not return...
40% of R.I. Promise students did not return for year two
WARWICK – Forty percent of the first cohort of Rhode Island Promise students enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Island did not return...