Tag: Rhode Island College
At DCYF, labor shortages creating big headaches
The state is struggling to hire and retain public employees, but the labor problems are particularly troubling at the R.I. Department of Children Youth...
CCRI to privatize campus bookstores
PROVIDENCE – A search is underway by the Community College of Rhode Island for a private vendor to take over operations at the...
Henry Barnard School to leave RIC for Providence Country Day campus
EAST PROVIDENCE – Just two years after breathing life back into the Henry Barnard School on the Rhode Island College campus, Providence Country Day...
New report offers recommendations on improving teacher pipeline between local colleges,...
PROVIDENCE – As a call to action, members of a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce education subcommittee produced a series of recommendations on how...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, January 2023
1. Lifespan announces ‘breakthrough’ in brain cancer research POSTED ONLINE: JAN. 6. Lifespan Cancer Institute researchers said the phase 3 trial of the DCVax-L vaccine showed...
SCHOOL DAZE: RIC searches for identity amid severe enrollment drop
Erik Christiansen didn’t know much about Rhode Island College when he agreed to take a job teaching history there in 2010.
The Maryland native quickly...
Give RIC scholarship to help lure students
A 33% decline in enrollment at Rhode Island College over the last decade should be sounding alarm bells on campus and at the Statehouse.
The...
McKee prioritizes tax cuts, education in $13.8B budget for fiscal 2024
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday released a $13.75 billion spending proposal for the next fiscal year, an increase of $148.6 million...
Racist material found on RIC campus, college investigating matter
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has launched an investigation into finding those responsible who put several packets containing racist and homophobic materials that were...
Citing ‘high’ COVID-19 risk level, RIC requiring masks in most indoor...
PROVIDENCE – One local college is bringing back masking for most on-campus settings, while a pair of colleges are recommending people to wear them....
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