Tag: Rhode Island College
R.I. education board approves tuition increases for CCRI, RIC
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Education on Thursday signed off on proposed tuition increases for both the Community College of Rhode Island and...
Nursing homes struggle to fill staffing positions
While attending a nursing home industry event more than a year ago, Jamie Sanford came to a startling realization: Sanford, 37, was the youngest...
Debtors fret over end to student loan reprieve
Kimberly Silva was a mortgage underwriter for nearly 20 years when the market crashed in 2008. That spurred her to jump into a new...
‘Thriving in the undefined’
To Alaina Mahoney – painter, blacksmith and welder of steel – few tropes are staler than the “starving artist.”
“Almost everyone I went to school...
Shepherd counting on an economic turnround after launching his accounting business
If there is a pandemic-proof business in 2020, it just might be accounting. Small businesses and nonprofits still need to file their tax returns...
Egan: Local colleges facing significant financial strain if second stimulus doesn’t...
PROVIDENCE – Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, sees resiliency in students returning to local...
More parents are taking note of home-school option
Andrea Knoll’s daughter Adalyn was supposed to start kindergarten at Henry Barnard School this school year.
Even after COVID-19 hit, Knoll and her husband held...
Five Questions With: Joe Devine
Joe Devine is the executive director of Tech Collective in Providence, which held a virtual-reality summer camp this past summer, buoyed by state and...
R.I. colleges try to satisfy cybersecurity demand
When the federal government started stepping up enforcement of cybersecurity requirements for agencies and contractors, McLaughlin Research Corp. was in a bind.
The Middletown-based engineering...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, September 2020
1. R.I. added to N.Y., N.J. and Conn. travel advisory lists POSTED ONLINE: SEPT. 22 After nearly a month of Rhode Island being removed...