Tag: Rhode Island Promise
CCRI Hosts Rhode Island Promise Enrollment Days in August
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is holding two sessions in August to help recently high school graduates planning to attend CCRI...
CCRI admissions officials recruiting students at the beach
WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island admissions officials are hitting the beach – among other places – to recruit students next week.
A mobile...
RI Promise deserves passage
Sometimes the corny thing can be the right thing.
Such is the case with General Treasurer Seth Magaziner’s plan to deposit $529 into the 529...
RI Promise delivers as CCRI graduation sets a record
Three years ago, when Gov. Gina M. Raimondo started her push for the Rhode Island Promise program, she did not receive universal plaudits.
Speaker of...
R.I. Promise program earns Excellence Award from N.E. Board of Higher...
PROVIDENCE – The New England Board of Higher Education gave a 2019 Excellence Award to state officials on Tuesday for the Rhode Island Promise...
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...
Raimondo: A ‘partner with business’
You could say Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is a pragmatist. The way she puts it, she’s not trying to change the world so much...
As always, it’s all about people when it comes to the...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo understands that the best and most long-lasting investment is in people. From the Real Jobs Rhode Island program, to Rhode...
Raimondo: Cost of expanded tuition-free R.I. Promise program ‘a drop in...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo told lawmakers Wednesday that her proposed $5.3 million expansion of the tuition-free program Rhode Island Promise is crucial...
Five Questions With: Charles P. Kelley
Charles P. Kelley joined the Warwick-based Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, or RISLA, in 1991 as deputy director. He was appointed executive director in...